RWE to set up airborne wind energy test site in Ireland Airborne wind energy systems harness the strong and steady winds at altitudes greater than several hundred metres and with reduced infrastructure costs Image: Ampyx Power RWE has been granted planning permission to establish a test centre to investigate the potential of airborne wind energy technologies in Ireland. It is setting up the test site in partnership with Ampyx Power, a Dutch company that is developing the innovative wind energy technology. Airborne wind energy systems harness the strong and steady winds at altitudes greater than several hundred metres and with reduced infrastructure costs.
“The delivery and operation of this project provides an important opportunity for us to demonstrate the capabilities of battery storage technology and to learn valuable lessons for projects in development,” added Wünschel. “Strategically, the operation of our first project means that not only are we a leading company in wind and solar power, we have capabilities in battery storage technology that can help safely manage fluctuations in the grid due to the intermittent feed-in of renewable energies.” Internationally, RWE Renewables has appointed battery technology provider and system integrator Wärtsilä Energy to deliver a 40MW / 80MWh BESS to the developer s largest solar-plus-storage in the US to date, pairing the battery system with a 200MW solar PV plant in Mitchell County, Georgia. The Hickory Park Solar project will use DC-coupled equipment and Wärtsilä s GEMS control platform and software to make the solar farm s generated power dispatchable and simple to integrate into the local grid, selling energy to utility Georgia Power Company, Wärtsilä said earlier this month.
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