Duke 能源的Notrees 风电场已经开始初步建设电池储能系统。
这个36MW的动态电力资源系统将建设在Notress的Flag Ranch，将成为同类风电场储能中最大的项目之一。
Cole表示，电池储能系统将大约在未来一年内完成。
Preliminary construction has begun on a battery storage system that will be used to store energy generated by Duke Energy’s Notrees wind farm.
The 36-megawatt Dynamic Power Resource system is being built on Flag Ranch in Notrees and will be one of the largest of its kind on a wind farm.
Billy Cole, owner of Flag Ranch, said he is renting his land currently to construction workers from XtremePower, a renewable energy engineering company based in Kyle that was hired by Duke Energy to manufacture the battery system.
“They’ve moved some equipment out here and have got a substation on the ranch for their main office. They’re going to put the battery right behind the substation,” Cole said.
Cole said that the battery system should be completed around a year from now.
“It’s a good idea to be able to store the energy. The turbines can’t store the energy, so it’s a good idea,” he said.
Ninety-six of Duke Energy’s wind turbines sit currently on the Cap Rock area near Notrees.
“This system will serve as an example of an additional service smoothing out the frequency of electricity on power lines,” said Greg Efthimiou, communications manager with Duke Energy.
Efthimiou said that intermittent energy from solar, wind and hydroelectric power sources help supplement base load demand, which is the minimum amount of energy that energy companies are expected to provide their customers.
“The promise of a battery source is an attractive prospect and is one of the objectives of this demonstration project: this is a cutting edge area of the energy sector,” he said.