posts tagged as cold weather

Wind Generation Fails in Midwest Due to Weather Events: Polar Vortex and El Niño

Weather has a major effect on the productivity of wind turbines. Both the Polar Vortex and El Niño have reduced the output...

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Electric Vehicles Did Not Fare Well During the Polar Vortex

Electric vehicle owners reported a loss of range of as much as 30 percent when the polar vortex swept through the Midwestern and Northeastern...

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Utilities Call for Americans to Conserve Energy as Frigid Weather Exhausts Supplies

Last month, the polar vortex brought below-zero temperatures to the Midwest and Great Plains. Over 220 million Americans experienced below-freezing temperatures across...

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#17: Jason Hayes and Isaac Orr discuss reliable energy and the polar vortex in the Midwest

The team sits down with Jason Hayes, of the Mackinac Center, and Issac Orr, of the Center of the American Experiment, to...

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Bad Policies Cause Prices to Spike in the Northeast

Natural gas prices in some parts of the Northeast increased by 60 to 70 times their recent rates because there is insufficient...

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Can We Rely Upon Wind in Cold Weather? Ask the UK

In the United Kingdom, electricity demand reached its highest levels on January 19, 2015, but the country’s wind turbines generated their lowest output...

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