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Research and Markets: Enhancing the Value of Wind Power with Energy Storage - 4th Edition(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/835bfe/enhancing_the_valu) has announced the addition of the "Enhancing the Value of Wind Power with Energy Storage - 4th Edition" report to their offering. This report is a 50-page evaluation of how electric energy storage can be used to increase the value of wind power production. Wind power represents a promising source of clean, renewable energy, but it is limited in its ability to provide significant amounts of power to the grid due to its intermittent and non-dispatchable nature. In order for wind power to become a major source of electricity and compete with nuclear energy and fossil fuels as a baseload generating source, it needs to be able to operate at a high capacity factor. This is something which can be achieved with energy storage. A major objective of this report is to demonstrate how energy storage systems can shape the supply of wind power, firm up its reliability, increase its capacity value, and even enable it to provide baseload energy and to do so profitably. Topics covered in the report include: - Overview of what energy storage is and the utility applications it can support - Discussion of the current status of energy storage use for electric power applications - Evaluation of the major electric energy storage technologies - Analysis of the issues the wind power faces and how energy storage can resolve them - Comparison of energy storage technologies in terms of their ability to support wind power - Discussion on how energy storage can allow wind power to operate as a baseload plant - Assessment of the economics of combining wind power with energy storage - Profiles of key wind power/energy storage projects - Profiles of key energy storage technology vendors Key Topics Covered: OVERVIEW OF ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES THE IMPACT OF COMBINING WIND POWER AND ENERGY STORAGE THE ECONOMICS OF COMBINING WIND POWER AND ENERGY STORAGE WIND ENERGY STORAGE PROJECTS MAJOR ENERGY STORAGE MANUFACTURERS - Beacon Power - Ecoult - Energy Storage and Power - General Compression - Maxwell Technologies - NGK Insulators - Prudent Energy - Ridge Energy Storage - Xtreme Power Inc. - ZBB Energy For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/835bfe/enhancing_the_valu CONTACT: Research and Markets Laura Wood, Senior Manager, [email protected] U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907 Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716 ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). (c) 2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |