Inverse Energy Availability

This sample data set from Minnesota, USA shows the average daily renewable wind and solar resources available over the course of the year. What the data shows is an inverse relationship between wind and solar resource availability - generally speaking, wind is abundant when solar is not and vice versa.

Relying on a single power source exposes operators to seasonality and variability, which is not conducive to taking towers off-grid.

Leveraging 'Hybrid' with a Windstrip HPS

Utilizing a Windstrip HPS not only reduces variability and seasonality in power production, but also increases average power production over the course of the year.

A Windstrip HPS consisting of a 4 kW wind and 2 kW solar system would produce an average of 24.0 kWh daily throughout the year. Combined with appropriate storage, this HPS would take a 1kW system completely off grid.

Wind- or solar-only systems max out at 11.8 and 12.2 kWh, respectively.