Bring On More Wind and Solar but keep the backup Prepared

Just like other resources, the Omaha Public Power District has a net-zero carbon goals by year 2050. And similar to all the energy firms, Omaha’s plan also includes the utilization of elastic energy sources, which can lash out when the sun stops shining.

It quite well known that solar energy and Wind are discontinuous fuels. They should be compressed up by fast-starting generation or energy storage that preferably is also free of carbon. Mostly, natural gas is utilized as the safety net. But the producers of electric power generators are currently generating multi-purpose turbines and turbines, which are future-proofed and they are also capable of running using fuel like hydrogen.

Chief executive of Wärtsilä Corporation, Håkan Agnevall said that to develop a sustainable future, step-by-step decarbonization is required. Few of the key solutions will be solar and Wind. But there are challenges allied with them as well, where the balancing power is needed.

In case of Omaha Public Power District, the backup production is a multi-fuel engine power plant of 156-megawatt. It will develop that ability with utility-scale solar generation of around 400-600 megawatts that links it to the power grid. It just marked a deal with Wärtsilä for the backup plant to start operating in May 2023. Wärtsilä has already developed a net of 74,000 megawatts of power plant capacity across 180 different countries. The firm has also deployed 80 energy storage systems across the world.According to Wärtsilä, among the most developed nations across the globe known as the G20, more than 3,500,000 megawatts of such suppleness is required to reach the mark of 100% renewable energy.