Preliminary results of a test project in Minnesota for large-scale battery storage of wind energy – and possibly, in the future, solar electricity – show that it works, the multistate electricity company Xcel Energy says.
Several studies are under way in the United States, and more are ongoing in other countries, on using batteries to help integrate the intermittent and variable electricity production from solar and wind installations into the steady current flow of electricity grids.
via Battery Storage of Renewable Energy Looks Promising, Xcel Energy Says.
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