Comments on: US Smart Grid Systems Provider Lands Scottish Wind Farm Contract http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/04/us-smart-grid-systems-provider-lands-scottish-wind-farm-contract/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 05:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/04/us-smart-grid-systems-provider-lands-scottish-wind-farm-contract/#comment-120242 Sat, 05 May 2012 03:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37690#comment-120242 Battery storage is already being installed in some wind farms. I don’t know how extensively it is being done.

Having on site storage allows the wind farm to sell power in full 15 minute blocks.

]]> By: Ronald Brak http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/04/us-smart-grid-systems-provider-lands-scottish-wind-farm-contract/#comment-120236 Sat, 05 May 2012 02:15:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37690#comment-120236 If they mean it costs a couple of pence per kilowatt-hour to integrate wind energy into the grid, that sounds pretty awful as we do it for about a pence in Australia, but maybe different conditions result in greater cost in Scotland.

]]> By: Ross http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/04/us-smart-grid-systems-provider-lands-scottish-wind-farm-contract/#comment-120224 Fri, 04 May 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37690#comment-120224 Care to make a prediction what form that storage will take? Compressed air, flow batteries, hydrogen, something else.

]]> By: Matt http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/04/us-smart-grid-systems-provider-lands-scottish-wind-farm-contract/#comment-120206 Fri, 04 May 2012 18:20:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37690#comment-120206 In 5-10 years I expect we will see most large wind farms will have some form of storage/power regulation system on site. Giving them the ability to not only smooth the power they provide to the grid, but also time shift some what they produce.

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