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. But when wind turbines are placed in colder environments they're usually equipped with de-icing and other warming devices — like integrated heating.In Texas, it's rarely cold — which means these heating features are typically not installed.
Crucially, not all environments present the same challenges to wind turbines. In Canada, wind turbines may spend up to 20% of their time weathering winter months — so specialized"cold weather packages" are installed to keep crucial turbine components like the pitch and yaw motors, the gearbox, and battery warm, according toThese additions can keep wind turbines going in bone-chillingly cold temperatures, down to -22ºF .
on Monday — with a wind-chill plummeting to -16ºF. Even with the wind chill, installing"cold weather packages" could keep wind turbines from failing, should the state experience record lows again.However, wind turbines face other perils in extremely cold weather, besides a need for internal heating. Blade icing can reduce the blades' ability to catch air efficiently — and in this case, helicopters may be called in to de-ice the blades.
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