Question: Can a flywheel store enough energy to power an airplane? Answer: Yes it can, for certain values of “flywheel” and “airplane.” Sadly, the plane never made it very far, no matter ...

Beacon Power won a $43 million loan in 2010 to build a flywheel plant in Stephentown, New York. The company built the project but then filed for bankruptcy in October 2011.

"We're very proud to have reached this technical and commercial milestone in building and operating the first grid-scale flywheel-based storage plant in the world," said Bill Capp, Beacon Power ...

GE Steam Power receives new order for two synchronous condensers and flywheel units for the Brindisi Terna substation in southern Italy Will supply a combined 500 MVAr reactive power and 3500 MWs ...

In the VSS-120 flywheel power system, high-speed rotation is attributed to Pentadyne’s use of a 12-in. wide high-speed carbon composite flywheel. The flywheel is suspended within the module by ...

announced it has contracted with GE for two synchronous condensers and flywheel units for their Brindisi substation in southern Italy. Each unit will supply 500 MVar reactive power and 3,500 MWs ...

Pentadyne Power has received a $725,000 follow-on order from Beaver Aerospace & Defense for Pentadyne's advanced flywheel power systems. Pentadyne Power (www.pentadyne.com) has received a $725,000 ...