When the grid is congested, wind farms are curtailed. A storage system can absorb the otherwise unused energy and feed it in later. Whether this pays off depends on the site, the technology and the operating strategy.
- Setting: industry assignment, carried out at Leibniz University Hannover
- Client: wind farm operator
- Tools: Python, linear optimisation
My contribution
- Acquisition at a conference, offer and price negotiation
- An optimisation model that determines storage technology, size and operating strategy from the power profiles of a wind farm
- Economic evaluation with investment and operating costs
- Client communication through to handover
Outcome
- A tool that can be applied automatically to several wind farms
- A clear answer per site: which storage, what size, and whether it pays off