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At temperatures below -22° F, wind turbines cannot operate safely. They are shut down when they are needed most.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/539004-as-nation-freezes-fossil-fuels-are-keeping-the-lights-and-heat-on</ref> Wind turbines can also overheat, catch fire and partially to totally disintegrate and collapse if pushed past their limits by excessive wind or other factors (as in one documented case, where a malfunctioning wind turbine overheated, caught fire and partially disintegrated during sub-freezing weather in rural Alberta, Canada, causing a brush fire as parts of the turbine fell off into nearby brush<ref>[https://twitter.com/MagnusAlmighty/status/1371104131570561025 Campaign for Change: "BREAKING:WIND TURBINE. LITERALLY. CREATES BRUSH FIRE"] at Twitter</ref>).
At temperatures below -22° F, wind turbines cannot operate safely. They are shut down when they are needed most.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/539004-as-nation-freezes-fossil-fuels-are-keeping-the-lights-and-heat-on</ref> Wind turbines can also overheat, catch fire and partially to totally disintegrate and collapse if pushed past their limits by excessive wind or other factors (as in one documented case, where a malfunctioning wind turbine overheated, caught fire and partially disintegrated during sub-freezing weather in rural Alberta, Canada, causing a brush fire as parts of the turbine fell off into nearby brush<ref>[https://twitter.com/MagnusAlmighty/status/1371104131570561025 Campaign for Change: "BREAKING:WIND TURBINE. LITERALLY. CREATES BRUSH FIRE"] at Twitter</ref>).
==Growth of Wind Power==
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the share of U.S. electricity generation from wind grew from less than 1% in 1990 to about 8.4% in 2020. <ref> https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/wind/history-of-wind-power.php </ref>
In its Annual Energy Outlook 2021, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that the share of renewables in the U.S. electricity generation mix will increase from 21% in 2020 to 42% in 2050. Wind and solar generation are responsible for most of that growth. <ref> https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/</ref>
== Controversy ==
== Controversy ==