http://gigaom.com/cleantech/flywheel-energy-storage-hits-the-high-seas/ Wed, 30 May 2012 01:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/cleantech/flywheel-energy-storage-hits-the-high-seas/#comment-19751 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:34:34 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=22221#comment-19751 Hi!
Yeah, flywheel energy is certainly the way to go! It was one of the first forms of renewable energy to be invented and now it is really coming into its own. From this season (2009) the KERS system (Kineteic energy recovery system) developed by Flybrid, will be used in Formula 1 racing! Yes, that’s right the flybrid system with its CVT (Continually variable transmission) has been tested by F1 for safety and performance and will enter Formula 1 racing this season. The flywheel is 5 Kg in weight and spins at 64000 rpm delivering 400 Kw over 6-7 secs, alkthough it could easily do 1 Mw there are restrictions posed by F1. The Rotary Pulse Jet Engine (http://www.geocities.com/rotarypulsejet) will allow such flywheels to be used continuously, the engine will fire for a few seconds, bringing the flywheel up to speed and the stored energy in the flywheel will carry the load for the next several minutes. The system can even be used for home power generation. This is a development that has been a long time coming.

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/flywheel-energy-storage-hits-the-high-seas/#comment-19750 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:11:09 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=22221#comment-19750 [...] For entrepreneurs, startups and smallcaps everywhere, this is the time to jump on a bandwagon typically reserved for the big guys like IBM and GE (NYSE: GE, http://www.ge.com). A small company like Tyngsboro, MA-based Beacon Power (Nasdaq: BCON, http://www.beaconpower.com) is focused on energy storage through the development of a flywheel technology that “uses spinning disks to help stablize electricity grids, allowing the grids to run more efficiently,” according to earth2tech.com (http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/04/flywheel-energy-storage-hits-the-high-seas/). [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/flywheel-energy-storage-hits-the-high-seas/#comment-19749 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:59:19 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=22221#comment-19749 Excellent article, Beacon Power should grow into a billion dollar company.

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/flywheel-energy-storage-hits-the-high-seas/#comment-19748 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:15:54 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=22221#comment-19748 [...] Joe you were right, just add a flywheel. [...]

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