Wind energy storage isn’t becoming mainstream, but the technology is undoubtedly growing in Texas. It’s growing particularly in Texas because the more wind energy is used, the more important wind energy storage becomes because Texas uses a lot of wind energy. At times, wind energy can account for over a quarter of Texas’ total energy output. Wind energy storage, such as the 2.5-megawatt turbines with sodium-nickel battery storage General Electric and Invenergy are putting up in Texas, are short term batteries that can be used to stabilize wind output over fifteen minutes to an hour.
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