Next Generation Wind Turbines with Storage Are Cheap and Reliable

GE’s Brilliant 1.6-100 and 1.7-100 wind turbines are different from previous efforts because they use a short-term, grid-scale battery storage system paired with an “industrial internet” — a sophisticated system that is able to predict when power will be needed and when the wind will be blowing. It’s also bigger. All of this increases efficiency and capacity factor, or how much energy a turbine actually can produce. It also addresses one of the main issues that critics of wind power raise: intermittency.

Gamechanger: Next Generation Wind Turbines with Storage Are Cheap and Reliable