Wind energy storage

Wind speed is a meteorological variable that can be considered independent, in the sense that it cannot be governed by humans.

Wind energy, and to a certain extent solar energy, compared to other energy sources, therefore have the particular disadvantage that the amount of energy produced by wind generators is not constant.

Furthermore, the demand for energy, in turn, is not constant.

When renewable energy production exceeds energy demand (overgeneration), it is necessary to avoid energy waste, thus containing, albeit indirectly, energy production costs.

In the warm season, the squirrel accumulates food reserves for the winter.

The patented system for storing wind energy accumulates potential mechanical energy, deriving from the kinetic energy produced by one or more wind turbines.

The accumulated potential mechanical energy is then transformed into electrical energy when the wind is absent or weak.

The transformation of the stored energy into electrical energy can also take place while the wind generators are also producing electrical energy.

This means that the wind power system, as a whole, not only stores excess energy produced at certain times but also, at other times, meets peaks in electricity demand that exceed the generation capacity of the wind turbines alone.

Land and marine vehicles carry wind generators as well as energy storage devices on board.

For electricity consumers—such as hospitals, data centers, energy-intensive industrial facilities, and civil or military installations—wind-powered generators and energy storage systems are integrated into their own buildings, or into buildings and structures connected to them.

Energy storage ensures strategic operational independence for ships, vehicles, and electrical power consumers—both civilian and military—in situations where conventional energy supplies are unavailable or uncertain.

Some types of utilities, mentioned above, particularly data centers, produce unwanted heat.

The storage system facilitates heat dissipation and allows for its recovery, albeit to a partial and limited extent.

The storage system can be synergistically integrated into a wind building, from a structural and functional point of view.