First Wind Starts Up Oahu Wind Farm With Largest Battery Storage System

[Fledermaus]

First Wind Holdings Inc., a closely held developer, said a 30-megawatt wind farm in Hawaii has gone into commercial service, the first renewable energy project to be completed with backing from the U.S. Energy Department’s loan guarantee program.

The Kahuku Wind project on Oahu has the largest installed battery storage system connected to a U.S. wind farm, the Boston-based company said in a statement today.

First Wind received a $117 million loan guarantee in July for the project, which has 12, 2.5-megawatt wind turbines from London-based Clipper Windpower Ltd. and can power 7,700 homes, according to the statement.

The wind farm has a 15-megawatt battery storage system from Xtreme Power of Kyle, Texas, to smooth the energy output that the turbines deliver to the grid.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-24/first-wind-starts-up-oahu-wind-farm-with-largest-battery-storage-system.html

[jpak]

1. NNnnnnOOOoooo!!!111

Think of the children!!111

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:bounce:

:D

[msongs]

2. "London-based"...... guess nobody in the US of A makes those things nt

[Nihil]

5. Yeah that was pretty odd ...

While on one hand I'm delighted for the "local" industry getting a
major business win like this, it surprised me that it happened at all ...

Quite apart from the excessive carbon footprint involved in shipping
them a third of the way around the globe, what does this say about the
pricing policy of the US manufacturers?

:shrug:

(Yes, it's still a cause for celebration but the "London-based" bit
just struck me as odd.)

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[Poll_Blind]

3. Goddamn, we need some sub-launched windfarms aimed at Eastern Oregon.

I'm jealous.

PB

[azul]

4. Do they look like big palm trees?

Wouldn't want to pave paradise now would we?

[FBaggins]

7. Great for dispatchability... Not much for variability.

A calm day is still a calm day. Half an hour of backup power isn't going to change that much.

But it's certainly something that should be pursued.