Yup, we have 30000MW or 30GW of nameplate wind power potential (practically max measured is 19GW) and another 5GW of solar. We were short about 30GW of power at the start of the week because renewables were almost 100% down and to a smaller extent the natural gas backup generation had issues starting up due to the cold. For every renewable source that depends on climate conditions (wind or sun), there should always be a natural gas or oil backups. Oil and Gas because Texas has both. Today was a warmer day so power is coming back up, but mainly from the backup generators getting their equipment unstuck. Wind only produced 4GW and solar about 2GW today.

Yup, we have 30000MW or 30GW of nameplate wind power potential (practically max measured is 19GW) and another 5GW of solar.

We were short about 30GW of power at the start of the week because renewables were almost 100% down and to a smaller extent the natural gas backup generation had issues starting up due to the cold.

For every renewable source that depends on climate conditions (wind or sun), there should always be a natural gas or oil backups. Oil and Gas because Texas has both.
Today was a warmer day so power is coming back up, but mainly from the backup generators getting their equipment unstuck. Wind only produced 8GW and solar about 3.5GW today.