Electricity Storage and Offshore Wind Energy
How do you make sure that the supply of electricity always matches the fluctuating demand? Market liberalisation and the increasing prevalence of wind turbines and other widely distributed variable-output production units mean that this is one of the most pressing questions facing the energy industry today. The temporary storage of electricity in batteries or on an energy island may be the answer.By Frits Verheij and Mereille Schreurs, KEMA, The Netherlands
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