China trumpets completion of 'world's largest battery energy storage station'

See that above? That's the world's largest battery energy storage station, or so says the State Grid Corporation of China and BYD. The two entities have just wrapped up construction on the Zhangbei-based project, which marries 40 Mega-Watts of renewable energy generation (both wind and solar), 36 Mega-Watt-Hours (MWh) of energy storage and a smart power transmission system. The goal? To provide a "stable solution for transferring vast amounts of renewable electricity safely to the grid on an unprecedented scale." As it stands, BYD products 1GW of solar panels annually, and with China's population still rising, it's solutions like these that'll help it grow while keeping efficiencies high. Soaking up rays for solar energy is all fine and well, but having a facility to capture and store it is where the equation really comes together; something tells us a few other nations will be scrambling to snatch the record in short order.

Continue reading China trumpets completion of 'world's largest battery energy storage station'

China trumpets completion of 'world's largest battery energy storage station' originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink Inhabitat  |  BYD  | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/07/china-byd-worlds-largest-battery-energy-storage/

Toshiba sony eri x10 guitar hero with guitar digg