There is too little talk about wind - plus - storage compared with solar - plus - storage , according to Greentech Media analyst mark Spector . The key to hybrid storage at gas plants and other renewable power facilities is to emphasize the tangible benefits of installing a battery on the same grid as a power plant , versus locating it somewhere else on the same grid . Areas where wind - plus - storage could make use include islands with significant wind generation capacity , microgrids , existing wind farms with good grid connections , and areas where wind already makes up a big part of the energy mix on the grid .
There is too little talk about wind-plus-storage compared with solar-plus-storage, according to Greentech Media analyst Julian Spector. The key to hybrid storage at gas plants and other renewable power facilities is to identify the tangible benefits of putting a battery on the same site as a power plant, versus locating it somewhere else on the same grid. Places where wind-plus-storage could make sense include islands with significant wind generation capacity, microgrids, existing wind farms with good grid connections, and places where wind already makes up a big part of the energy mix on the grid.