Texas power failures show limitations of renewables in extreme weather, says US energy leader

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Wed, 2021-02-17 22:43

DUBAI: Power blackouts in Texas and other parts of the US in the face of a record winter freeze showed the limitations of some renewable energy systems in extreme climate conditions, according to the head of one of the country’s leading energy companies.

Vicki Hollub, CEO of Occidental Petroleum, told policymakers at the virtual International Energy Forum in Riyadh that the outages were the result of winter conditions “unprecedented” for a century.