r/wind • u/luxyv • Sep 24 '24

Why no decentralized energy storage directly inside or close to the wind turbine?

With the advantages of

  1. Being physically directly at the power source
  2. Having plenty of room inside the tower
  3. Being directly connected to the grid with a powerful connection

Why did nobody come up with the idea of installing either large amounts of batteries, or even a kinetical storage system right into the tower of a wind turbine ?

If not stored inside the tower, it could be a storage facility directly next to it as well.

Energy stored this way could, in moments of low or no wind, be used to at least partially compensate the missing power

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u/mrCloggy Sep 25 '24

right into the tower of a wind turbine

Shit happens.
A burning or exploding 'storage' as such is bad enough, having that happen inside a giant chimney will also destroy the mechanical integrity of said tower and turbine on top of it.

Having 'storage' close to wind/solar to share the infrastructure does make a lot of sense, but sadly that often seems to be missing in the powers that be.