The 2.5-MW windmill is something of a technological leap in an - TopicsExpress



          

The 2.5-MW windmill is something of a technological leap in an industry where turbines have gotten bigger and bigger but not necessarily smarter. The turbine’s software captures tens of thousands of data points each second on wind and grid conditions and then adjusts production, storing electricity in an attached 50 kilowatt-hour sodium nickel chloride battery. If, say, a wind farm is generating too much electricity to [be] absorbed by the grid—not an uncommon occurrence in gusty west Texas—it can store the electricity in the battery. When the wind dies down, the electricity can be released from the battery and put back on the grid. grist.org/news/batteries-included-new-wind-turbines-and-solar-panels-come-with-built-in-storage/
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:27:52 +0000

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