Predictable power from thin air
Unpredictable winds and weather patterns can play havoc with the structured world of energy grids.
Enter GE’s solution, the Brilliant Turbine.
At 33 stories high, with rotor blades extending 50 metres in length, these massive structures contain unique battery software applications that are shifting the winds back into energy producers’ favour.
The technology lets the turbine store energy when it's operating at peak production, and fall back to battery when the winds drop.
Integrating the battery into the wind turbine allows wind farm operators to benefit from wind energy storage without the high costs of farm-level battery storage installation. The system helps power producers and the wind turbines systems make better decisions and delivers short-term predictable power.
The software also supports advanced data sharing between turbines and even entire turbine farms, a development expected to further increase the predictability of wind farms.
Turbines Down Under
Fifty-eight GE 1.7-100 and nine 1.6-100 ‘Brilliant’ wind turbines are on their way to Australia for the Boco Rock Wind Farm in New South Wales.
Boco Rock is the second Australian wind farm to be powered by GE’s wind turbines, but will be the first to boast GE’s most advanced and efficient turbines.