And while some wind turbines did freeze, wind power exceeded the grid operator’s expectation for power generation, aided in part by strong winds and warmer conditions along the Gulf Coast.

The electrical grid can't handle the amount of offshore wind power expected to be built and it may require putting transmission lines in the ocean. Offshore wind farms are poised to deliver a lot ...

By enabling power from offshore wind farms and onshore electricity generators to travel to more places, coordinated transmission can enhance grid reliability and enable electricity to get to where ...

the reliance of natural gas has grown in tandem with wind and solar preferences. The upshot is an increasingly inadequate electric power grid, one that is less flexible, less resilient ...

But many solar and wind farms haven’t undergone these expensive upgrades. If a grid dominated by those two power sources gets off frequency, a blackout is more likely than in a system that ...

SAN ANTONIO — The Texas power grid has a math problem, and the solution is in the wind. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which is directly in charge of the power grid ...

All of those turbines generate the same “alternating” current that the grid is designed to distribute. Solar power and wind power involve “direct” current. “And it has to be converted ...

Even as the share of wind in the UK’s power mix rises, limits of the grid and the structure of Britain’s electricity market mean there are increasing costs to keep the lights on.