New wind turbines produce energy even if there is no wind Bashny.Net

German energy company Max Bögl Wind AG and American GE Renewable Energy will be installed in one of the regions of Germany, the world's first wind turbine, which combines the advantages of two types of renewable energy. The project includes the installation of the world's largest wind turbines, with a height of approximately 178 meters — they will perform the role of the water tanks. The station itself works as follows: at a time when the movement of air and wind turbines can't produce electricity, are involved in the process of the turbine — they generate energy from water that is drained from the tanks down the hill, and then again when the wind comes, the water is pumped back to the tanks. Such a system allows to produce energy continuously.





The new station will be built by 2018, and its performance will be approximately 16 MW of energy per year (for comparison, a typical wind station of the same size produces about 13,6 MW). Huge turbines will be installed in the Swabian-Franconian forest in the South-West of Germany — as for the normal operation of wind turbines requires that they stood on the hill, or any hill, this place is perfect for the station.

Senior Manager, ground-based wind power GE Renewable Energy cliff Harris also said that in this region of Germany there are a lot of craftsmen and inventors, so the concept of the new plant fits perfectly into the local cultural background. "This is a little risky and may not work anywhere. But the station will last for decades, and during that time we expect to see the benefits from its use," he says.





However, despite the global growth of renewable energy generation, some countries are starting to face obstacles from regulators: the mains can't handle the load, which includes both the energy poluchau from conventional coal-fired power plants, and power plants, powered by renewable sources. According to media reports, the German government has recently even begun to pay producers of wind energy to their stations worked at full capacity. published

 

 

Source: hightech.fm/2016/10/21/hydro-turbines