Hybrid Wind Turbines For Steady and Optimum Production of Electricity

[AhsanAmin]

One of the major problems with wind energy is the intermittent nature of its production since changing weather continues to affect the wind speeds. This also results in volatility of electricity prices especially in countries where a large fraction of electricity is produced from renewable energy. Other than creating problems for wind energy generating companies, electricity volatility also creates problems for both domestic and industrial consumers. I believe we can overcome some of these shortcomings associated with wind renewable energy by installing 'hybrid wind turbines'. Unlike conventional wind turbines, these hybrid wind turbines would store an optimized fraction of energy in the form of heat possibly using molten salt technology. This heat storage would be converted into electricity using additional set of thermal generators that would produce electricity from heat when it would be optimum for the energy production company to sell the electricity to the electricity distributors at the right prices. Obviously this would require compact molten salt storage units and another set of generators localized to each wind turbine in the farm in addition to the generators in conventional wind turbines that directly convert wind energy into electricity. However with the wind turbine sizes approaching 10 MW, these compact molten salt storage units and thermal generators can actually operate efficiently and cost-effectively and greatly contribute to a steady supply of electricity increasing revenues of the wind energy operators and deceasing the volatility of electricity prices for the electricity for both industrial and domestic consumers.

 

[Hamzay]

Masha Allah you look like an intelligent person. Are you an engineer? Have you approached the right persons to get your ideas implemented? Have you formed a group of like minded persons?