--- title: How the grid can ride out winter storms | daily.dev description: Recent winter storms exposed significant vulnerabilities in fossil fuel power plants, with over 20 gigawatts of unplanned outages in the PJM grid primarily... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-the-grid-can-ride-out-winter-storms-1ukvji8gd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How the grid can ride out winter storms | daily.dev og:description: Recent winter storms exposed significant vulnerabilities in fossil fuel power plants, with over 20 gigawatts of unplanned outages in the PJM grid primarily... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-the-grid-can-ride-out-winter-storms-1ukvji8gd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1UKVJI8GD.png og:image:alt: How the grid can ride out winter storms og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How the grid can ride out winter storms **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Recent winter storms exposed significant vulnerabilities in fossil fuel power plants, with over 20 gigawatts of unplanned outages in the PJM grid primarily from natural gas and coal facilities. Cold weather causes mechanical failures and fuel supply issues in these plants. Texas improved grid resilience after 2021 failures through weatherization and battery storage additions. Energy storage and offshore wind could help eastern grids handle future extreme weather without resorting to emergency measures that bypass emissions regulations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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