CHINA TURNS ON WORLD’S BIGGEST SOLAR-WIND HYBRID

China's first wind-solar power storage demonstration project comes on stream
Niu Huizhe and Li Xiaohui, December 26, 2011 (Xinhua News Agency via Electro IQ)

"China's first integrated wind-solar power demonstration project has been completed and put into operation…[in] north China's Hebei province, according to a source at North China Grid Co., Ltd, constructor of the project.

"The project is the largest new energy project in the world that integrates wind power generation, solar PV power generation, power storage and intelligent power transmission…"

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"With an initial investment of 3.3 billion yuan, the project is currently equipped with installed capacity of 100-megawatt (MW) wind power, 40-MW solar PV power and a storage capacity of 20 MW…The power plant generates] electricity through solar PV power during the daytime and electricity through wind power at night, which [increases wind output] by 5-10 percent…

"…[T]he power storage and intelligent power transmission…[will] break down the bottleneck…of grid connection…North China Grid Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of State Grid Corp, China's largest power grid operator…"