There is too little talk about wind-plus-storage compared with solar-plus-storage, according to ITC 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.
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.