In the year 2000 ENERCON decided to develop an energy storage system specially suited to compensate wind power fluctuations. It has been designed according to the following requirements:
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Enercon Flywheel |
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The flywheel is a very simple and robust system, which is proven by more than 20,000 operating hours without maintenance work. The mechanical design using standard materials and wellproven components for example bearings and other machine parts ensures a reliable operation and a long-term supply with spare parts. Access to e.g. bearings is easy and for their replacement no specially
trained personnel is required.
The use of standard well-proven ENERCON inverters ensures very high grid quality and allows for the use of standard spare parts necessary for wind turbine maintenance.
The flywheel comes in a standard 20ft sea container convenient to transport and ready for connection to the grid. All components are installed and completely cabled. The system undergoes extensive testing before delivery. Thus the time for installation and commissioning on site is very short.
