Development of a wind turbine system with energy storage in the form of hydropower

Author

Green, Howard ; Sanduk, Mohammed

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

29-31 May 2013

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

8

Abstract

With wind energy penetration in energy markets increasing as part of the solution to meeting renewable energy targets, the need for smoothing of intermittent power generation is becoming more of a necessity. This paper looks at pumped hydro storage as a method for storing energy from the wind and shows the development of a hybrid system, where wind energy is harnessed to drive a mechanical pump to lift groundwater. The important design parameters for optimization of the system are discussed, as well as the possibility of a system that operates at 100% efficiency.

Keywords

power markets; pumped-storage power stations; wind turbines; efficiency 100 percent; energy markets; energy storage; groundwater; hybrid system; hydropower; intermittent power generation; mechanical pump; pumped hydrostorage; renewable energy targets; wind energy penetration; wind turbine system development; Energy storage; Hydroelectric power generation; Renewable energy sources; Water resources; Wind energy; Wind power generation; Wind turbines; Hybrid; pumped hydro storage; wind power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Information Technology to Renewable Energy Processes and Systems (IT-DREPS), 2013 1st International Conference & Exhibition on the

Conference_Location

Amman

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0713-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IT-DREPS.2013.6588140

Filename

6588140