Gitega wind power project energy storage configuration requirements

What are the challenges faced by wind energy storage systems?

Energy storage systems in wind turbines With the rapid growth in wind energy deployment, power system operations have confronted various challenges with high penetration levels of wind energy such as voltage and frequency control, power quality, low-voltage ride-through, reliability, stability, wind power prediction, security, and power management.

Why are energy storage systems used in wind farms?

As mentioned, due to the intermittent nature of wind speed, the generated power of the wind energy generation systems is variable. Therefore, energy storage systems are used to smooth the fluctuations of wind farm output power.

How to select a proper energy storage system?

The main parameters to select a proper energy storage system are the charge and discharge rate, nominal power, storage duration, power density, energy density, initial investment costs, technical maturity, lifetime, efficiency, energy storage capacity, and the environmental effects.