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Fourth MW hybrid flywheel ESS unveiled

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 10:44 -- Paul Crompton
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A flooded lead-acid battery will be part of flywheel manufacturer Beacon Power’s latest 320kW hybrid energy storage project in Alaska.

The battery in the existing utility owned system is being used to help prove out the control system and application concepts of the Energy Storage System (ESS) in Anchorage.

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Beacon Power supplies flywheels to Alaska

Tue, 06/02/2015 - 16:48 -- Anonymous
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Flywheel energy storage manufacturer Beacon Power will supply flywheels for a 320 kW hybrid energy storage project to support Alaska’s electricity grid.

The project, in partnership with Alaskan Chugach Electric Association, will combine one of Beacon’s 160kW flywheels with a flooded lead-acid battery for periods where additional power is needed to stabilise the grid during peak demand.

The Beacon flywheel provides the first-stage response to irregularities in the grid, while the batteries will provide power for longer periods.

Combining quick responding flywheels and batteries will help to stabilise and manage variable output from renewable energy sources.

The system which is fully scalable to add as many flywheels as needed will be tested to see if it can be scaled up to interconnect renewables with remote system utilities along the Alaska Railbelt, home to 70% of Alaska’s population.

The test system is expected to be in operation by the end of the year.

Calnetix increases flywheel capacity

Fri, 04/17/2015 - 16:10 -- Anonymous
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California based Calnetix Technologies recently announced the addition of a higher capacity model to its line of clean ride-through backup power systems.

The new VYCON Direct Connect XXE Kinetic ESS delivers over 300kW and 6,000 kilowatt-seconds of energy storage to provide power protection for large critical processes such as data centres.

Working with a UPS system, the VDC flywheel is claimed to provide a lower total cost of ownership than UPS systems running on batteries.

CEO of Calnetix Technologies, Vatche Artinian said:  "In working closely with our UPS partners and end-customers, we found there was a need to expand our product line to provide customers who operate larger mission-critical applications with more energy storage capacity and higher power density.”

Calnetix’ VDC flywheels are certified and integrated by major three-phase UPS manufacturers such as Eaton, Emerson and Socomec.

GKN and bus manufacturer ADL partner for flywheels

Wed, 11/26/2014 - 10:15 -- Anonymous
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Energy storage company GKN Hybrid Power (GKN) and bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) are to collaborate on the integration of flywheels in hybrid buses.

Initially, ADL will fit 250 flywheels from GKN in the company’s hybrid bus fleet. The partnership of the two UK-based firms is also aimed to enter international markets together.

The Gyrodrive electric flywheel hybrid system uses a magnetically loaded high-speed carbon-fibre flywheel to store the energy generated by a bus as it slows down to stop and then uses the stored energy to power a GKN EVO electric motor.

The Gyrodrive system is designed to last for the life of the bus eliminating the need for battery changes while offering lower whole-life costs than other hybrid alternatives, according to GKN.

ADL will introduce the low emission technology to bus fleets in London and Oxford, but anticipates rapid deployment across the UK in the next few years.

“This alliance with GKN introduces a new dynamic to the market place, courtesy of a lower cost solution that provides significant fuel and greenhouse gas reductions, coupled with reliability and durability,” said Colin Robertson, CEO of ADL.

Earlier this year, GKN aquired Williams Hybrid Power from Williams Grand Prix Engineering and formed GKN Hybrid Power.

 

ABB to install flywheel storage system in Alaska

Wed, 09/24/2014 - 16:11 -- Anonymous
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ABB is to deploy an integrated commercial flywheel system on Kodiak Island in Alaska, US.

The flywheel system, integrated with a battery, is aimed to enable the integration of renewable energy from an expanded wind farm to its microgrid and to address stability challenges.

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Wrightbus integrates Torotrak Flybrid flywheel system in bus prototype

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 12:46 -- Anonymous
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UK transport company Wrightbus has installed Lancashire-based Torotrak’s Flybrid flywheel kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) in a bus prototype.

KERS captures and stores energy that is otherwise lost during vehicle deceleration events. When the vehicle slows down, kinetic energy is recovered and stored by accelerating a flywheel. By gathering speed, energy is released from the flywheel back into the driveline.

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Beacon Power output to double

Wed, 08/13/2014 - 11:17 -- Anonymous
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Energy storage company Beacon Power has estimated that it will build 40MW of energy storage systems by the end of 2015.

Beacon Power CEO Barry Britt said in a Bloomberg interview that the demand for flywheel storage will double over the next years due to the increase of renewable power plants that raise the need for grid stabilising.

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Mainstream to test 2MW energy storage at Irish wind farm

Fri, 08/08/2014 - 12:21 -- Anonymous
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Mainstream Renewable Power (MRP) is to test 2MW of energy storage at a 10MW wind farm in Ireland.

MRP will assess the commercial availability of integrating wind generation with flywheels, synchronous condensers and batteries as well as operating the system in the Irish Single Electricity Market. The Irish state agency Enterprise Ireland will assist the “Wind-Storage Hybrid Study”.

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NRStor deploys 2MW flywheel energy storage facility in Canada

Thu, 07/24/2014 - 11:32 -- Anonymous
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Toronto-based energy storage developer NStor has installed a 2MW grid-connected flywheel energy storage facility in Ontario, Canada – a first for the country.

The facility will provide service matched regulation to Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).

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