Sunday 5 November 2017

The world’s tallest wind turbines will store power in a huge water battery.

The world’s tallest wind turbines will store power in a huge water battery.

With their blades reaching 800 feet into the sky, these German windmills will help provide energy even when the wind doesn’t blow. Wind and pumped hydro storage are by no means new technologies, but their combination in this way is impressive. It’s thought that the system, which can switch from production to storage or vice versa within 30 seconds, will be able to store 70 megawatt-hours when it’s up and running.

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