30-08-2017, 02:53 PM
Hybrid wind systems combine wind turbines with other sources of storage and / or generation. One of the key issues with wind energy is its intermittent nature. This has led to numerous methods of storing energy. A wind-hydraulic system generates electrical energy that combines wind turbines and pumped storage. The combination has been the subject of long-term discussions, and an experimental plant, which also tested wind turbines, was implemented by Nova Scotia Power at its Wreck Cove hydroelectric site in the late 1970s but was dismantled within ten years. Since then, no other system has been implemented in one place by the end of 2010.
Wind power stations devote all or a significant part of their wind energy resources to the pumping of water in the pumped storage tanks. These deposits are an implementation of network energy storage. The wind and its generation potential is inherently variable. However, when this energy source is used to pump water into the reservoirs at an elevation (the principle behind pumped storage), the potential energy of the water is relatively stable and can be used to generate electricity by releasing it at a hydroelectric plant when be necessary . The combination has been described as particularly suitable for islands that are not connected to larger networks.
Wind power stations devote all or a significant part of their wind energy resources to the pumping of water in the pumped storage tanks. These deposits are an implementation of network energy storage. The wind and its generation potential is inherently variable. However, when this energy source is used to pump water into the reservoirs at an elevation (the principle behind pumped storage), the potential energy of the water is relatively stable and can be used to generate electricity by releasing it at a hydroelectric plant when be necessary . The combination has been described as particularly suitable for islands that are not connected to larger networks.