I’ve always been surprised that there is no product wind turbine with a guaranteed power output, that is, a turbine with an embedded battery. Sure it would cost much more, but in some applications steady power is worth it.
> Sure it would cost much more, but in some applications steady power is worth it.
It would cost much more and be way more complicated & less reliable than… just getting the two separately and using battery grid storage on the output of the windfarm.
Even for a backyard turbine it wouldn't make much sense, for maintenance reasons you'd want to manage your turbine and storage separately, and if, say, you add solar panels, you want that to feed into your battery bank as well.
Why would it be more complicated and less reliable than getting them separately? I understand that it would be a more complex product for GE but for a turbine buyer it sounds extremely attractive
