What to do if there is no wind to turn a wind turbine?

Me and friend are doing a project on wind power and we need to know what you would do if you use a wind turbine for electricity and there isn’t enough wind to spin the turbine. Need an answer ASAP!!

1) At any particular time, energy production is usually never equal to energy consumption.

There will be times when you produce too much (wind blowing hard and production exceeds consumption.)

There will be times when you do not produce enough (wind not blowing.)

Why not find a way to store the excess energy to use during the times when not enough energy is being produced? (Battery?)

2) People noticed that when there is no wind, it is usually very hot and sunny out, and when it is very windy, it tends to be cloudy and overcast.

Couple the wind turbine with a solar collector.

However, this does not help you at all if it is not windy at night — so you still need some way to store the excess energy when production exceeds demand.

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