What is co-locating energy storage with a wind power plant?

Co-locating energy storage with a wind power plant allows the uncertain, time-varying electric power output from wind turbines to be smoothed out, enabling reliable, dispatchable energy for local loads to the local microgrid or the larger grid.

What is a wind storage system?

A storage system, such as a Li-ion battery, can help maintain balance of variable wind power output within system constraints, delivering firm power that is easy to integrate with other generators or the grid. The size and use of storage depend on the intended application and the configuration of the wind devices.

How do you calculate wind energy in a multi-source Park?

The wind energy of the multi-source park is approximated as: (3) P w i n d = N t u r b × 1 2 A ρ v 3 × C P × e f f p a r k Where P w i n d [kW] is the power generated by the wind turbine.

What is a wind-storage hybrid system?

The model may include objective functions, such as optimizing revenue from co-optimized markets, not just from energy, which is a departure from how energy storage and distributed wind turbines have been traditionally modeled and dispatched. A wind-storage hybrid system mitigates variability by injecting more firm generation into the grid.

What is integrated storage in a wind turbine?

This type of storage is known as an integrated storage in the DC link of the wind turbine. A recent master’s degree thesis at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology evaluated he modular multilevel converter for medium-voltage integration of a battery in the DC link (Rekdal 2018).

Does wind turbine power go into storage?

However, only a portion of the wind turbine power produced goes into the storage and is thus subject to the losses.