Energy & Environment

Written by Isaac Orr | February 20, 2021

In the Tank Episode 282: Texas Winter Blackouts, Renewable Energy to Blame?

The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal and Jim Lakely are joined by Isaac Orr and Brent Bennett in episode 282 of the In The Tank Podcast. Brent Bennett, a policy director at the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins the show to talk about the recent snowstorm, cold weather, and the resulting blackouts that recently occurred in Texas. Just how much of this problem can be attributed to renewable energy penetration in the Lone Star State?

Tags: natural gas, rolling blackouts, solar, texas blackouts, wind

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