{"id":5229,"date":"2011-08-25T11:07:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T15:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=5229"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:46:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:46:46","slug":"wind-energy-makes-energy-generation-more-reliable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wind-energy-makes-energy-generation-more-reliable\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Energy Makes Energy Generation More Reliable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_5230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5230\" style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virginia_Earthquake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Virginia_Earthquake-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Virginia_Earthquake\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5230\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Flickr\/Larrygol<\/figcaption><\/figure>Two days ago, much of the American East Coast experienced a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Fortunately there was not much damage, but the ghost of energy blackouts reared its ugly face when nuclear reactors in Virginia were powered off automatically by safety systems. Meanwhile, wind turbines continued to spin away, producing electricity.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Having a reliable power system comes from a diverse portfolio of resources\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Michael Goggin, of the American Wind Energy Association, told Energy Refuge in the wake of the earthquake. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen a number of examples in recent months. In Texas in February, it was extremely cold and it took offline a number of coal and gas power plants which caused regular blackouts. Wind power helped keep the lights on in a million houses\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>What about floodings? \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It depends where the project is built. Usually wind farms are built on fairly high points, so naturally it would tend to be pretty immune to floodings. Obviously a natural disaster is unpredictable and it can affect anything, but it would be pretty unlikely\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Michael said.<\/p>\n<p>If there one may lesson we can take from this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s East Coast earthquake is that we need a diverse portfolio of resources and wind energy is part of that. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153People have misconceptions that wind is not reliable and other sources of generation are always there. But we have seen in recent cases that is not necessarily the case; they weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t there when the grid operator needed them most while in a number of incidents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/wind-articles.htm\" target=\"_blank\">wind energy<\/a> was\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, he added.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You should follow us <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/report-highlights-economic-benefits-of-wind-power-in-the-u-s\/\" title=\"Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Wind Power in the U.S.\">Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Wind Power in the U.S.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/american-wind-energy-association-refutes-anti-wind-claims\/\" title=\"American Wind Energy Association Refutes Anti-Wind Claims\">American Wind Energy Association Refutes Anti-Wind Claims<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wind-power-slows-down-in-the-u-s\/\" title=\"Wind Power Slows Down in the U.S.\">Wind Power Slows Down in the U.S.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/nativeenergy-to-build-new-community-wind-farm-in-indiana\/\" title=\"NativeEnergy To Build New Community Wind Farm in Indiana\">NativeEnergy To Build New Community Wind Farm in Indiana<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/windmade-launches-showyoucare-campaign\/\" title=\"WindMade Launches #ShowYouCare Campaign\">WindMade Launches #ShowYouCare Campaign<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days ago, much of the American East Coast experienced a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Fortunately there was not much damage, but the ghost of energy blackouts reared its ugly face when nuclear reactors in Virginia were powered off automatically by safety systems. Meanwhile, wind turbines continued to spin away, producing electricity. 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