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Wind Turbines Are Not the Cause of Texas Power Outages

Deja Tyla HansenDeja Tyla Hansen
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21st February 2021
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Wind Turbines Are Not the Cause of Texas Power Outages
Wind turbines make up a small percentage Texas' power sources (Getty Images).

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On February 16th, Senator John Cornyn tweeted a link to an article stating that “Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output.” That same day, Rep. Dan Crenshaw started a Twitter thread that aimed to inform the public of the reasons that Texas was experiencing power shortages. He named the #1 reason to be frozen wind turbines.” 

Crenshaw’s thread received many responses from the community. The initial post received more than 4.2K likes. 

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