Tesla Is Providing Batteries for the World’s Largest Producer of Wind Turbines

Tesla has partnered with Vestas, the world's biggest wind-turbine manufacturer, to figure out how to combine their batteries with Vestas' wind farms. The batteries will be used to store excess wind energy that can then be used when the wind isn't blowing.

Though Tesla’s batteries are generally associated with the storage of solar power, the technology isn’t limited to just one form of clean energy. Recently, Tesla landed a contract to store energy produced by the Hornsdale Wind Farm in South Australia, and now, they’ve partnered with Vestas, the world’s biggest wind-turbine manufacturer, to figure out how to combine their batteries with Vestas’ wind farms.

According to a statement from Vestas chairman Bert Nordberg, the goal is to explore how batteries can be used to store excess energy generated by wind turbines. This stored energy could then be used when the wind is still but power is still needed.

The partnership between the two companies is the latest such move made by Vestas — they’re been exploring how batteries and wind farms could be used in conjunction since the launch of a project in Lem-Kaer, Denmark, in 2012.

“Across a number of projects, Vestas is working with different energy storage technologies with specialized companies, including Tesla, to explore and test how wind turbines and energy storage can work together in sustainable energy solutions that can lower the cost of energy,” Vestas said in the statement.

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