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Episode 21 - Texas Power Crisis Explained + Future of the Grid

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One of the biggest cold weather events in history hit Texas in February, that caused 4.5 million Texans without power for days. On this week's episode, Becca and Kevin interview one of their fellow Black & Veatcher and Managing Director of our Global Distributed Energy business, Rob Wilhite where he breaks down what really happened in Texas that caused massive (electrical) black outs. Tune in to learn:

  • Basics on how the power grid works
  • Who the heck ERCOT is and why is their name tied to the Texas outages?
  • How the freezing temperatures in Texas caused massive power outages
  • We know that it made the power plants not work but.....what does that really mean?
  • Who is to blame? Renewables? Fossil fuels?
  • Is the grid really that fragile?
  • Will this happen more in the future?
  • How can we at home contribute to the prevention of power outages?

All this and more, on Generation STEM!

Want to see more from the Generation STEM team? Check us out on social media @genstempodcast, or visit us at our website at www.genstempodcast.com

This podcast is powered by Black & Veatch - www.bv.com

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One of the biggest cold weather events in history hit Texas in February, that caused 4.5 million Texans without power for days. On this week's episode, Becca and Kevin interview one of their fellow Black & Veatcher and Managing Director of our Global Distributed Energy business, Rob Wilhite where he breaks down what really happened in Texas that caused massive (electrical) black outs. Tune in to learn:

  • Basics on how the power grid works
  • Who the heck ERCOT is and why is their name tied to the Texas outages?
  • How the freezing temperatures in Texas caused massive power outages
  • We know that it made the power plants not work but.....what does that really mean?
  • Who is to blame? Renewables? Fossil fuels?
  • Is the grid really that fragile?
  • Will this happen more in the future?
  • How can we at home contribute to the prevention of power outages?

All this and more, on Generation STEM!

Want to see more from the Generation STEM team? Check us out on social media @genstempodcast, or visit us at our website at www.genstempodcast.com

This podcast is powered by Black & Veatch - www.bv.com

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