Vestas has announced two research and development (R&D) projects. One involves cost-effective deepwater foundations for large offshore wind turbines. Vestas is also working on an intelligent energy management system that will introduce energy storage into a wind power plant.The goal of the offshore project is to be able to design, construct and build cost-effective deepwater jacket foundations for very large wind turbines located far offshore in water depths of up to 70 meters.
The intelligent energy management system for a virtual power plant will introduce energy storage into a wind power plant as an optional component for enhanced power generation control.
Click here to read the full article from North American Windpower.
Click here to read the press release from Vestas.
The most basic form of energy management consists of a simple time clock and thermostat. And in fact these systems are still the best choice of control in certain buildings today.
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