Abstract :
If you are dependant on wind power electrical generation and the wind stops blowing, you either have no power or you become dependant on some form of reserved or stored power; this will often be accomplished by the use of electrical storage batteries, whereby the battery is charged during the normal operation of the wind power generator and discharged at peak load times or when there is insufficient wind to power the generator. There are many different battery options on the market today, along with continuing developments to existing technologies and the advent of newly emerging technologies the battery user and specifier is presented with a confusing array of options and possible options. Here, the authors give some insight to this situation as would be relevant to wind power energy systems, by comparing the characteristics of some of these batteries to the characteristics most desired for the application
