CleanTechnica » Flywheel Energy Storage http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 360 MW Of Grid-Scale Energy Storage Systems Launched In 2013-2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/02/360-mw-grid-scale-energy-storage-systems-launched-2013-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/02/360-mw-grid-scale-energy-storage-systems-launched-2013-2014/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2014 21:00:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72721 Navigant Research notes the addition 360 MW Of grid-scale energy storage systems in 2013-14, an encouraging sign for renewable energy growth

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/27/taking-deep-dive-hydrogen/feed/ 22 The Democratizing Promise Of Energy Storage http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/04/democratizing-promise-energy-storage/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/04/democratizing-promise-energy-storage/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:13:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64868 While energy storage is a small fraction of total power generation capacity, promising examples suggest that distributed energy storage could change the electricity system during the next decade as fundamentally as distributed renewable energy has in the last decade. Right now, 95% of energy storage in the U.S. is water pumped uphill into in reservoirs,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/04/democratizing-promise-energy-storage/feed/ 28 Energy Storage Market Set To Explode http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/energy-storage-market-set-explode/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/energy-storage-market-set-explode/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:10:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=61956 Energy storage is often heralded as the “holy grail” of the energy market. It seems that a number of researchers and companies have worked hard and long enough that this holy grail is ready to see the light. According to market research firm IHS, the energy storage market is set to “explode” to an annual

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/energy-storage-market-set-explode/feed/ 108 Hydrogen Storage For Large-Scale Renewable Energy Deployment — EU Demonstration Projects http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/19/hydrogen-storage-large-scale-renewable-energy-storage-demonstration-projects/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/19/hydrogen-storage-large-scale-renewable-energy-storage-demonstration-projects/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 12:30:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60320 By Denis Kuznetsov To reach a 100% renewable energy world, some solar and wind energy will need to be stored so that they will be available for later use when electricity demand is surpassing electricity generation. Today, if you read journals or blogs on renewable energy, you are very likely to find dozens of articles

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/19/hydrogen-storage-large-scale-renewable-energy-storage-demonstration-projects/feed/ 1 Energy Storage Solutions 101 (VIDEO) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/12/energy-storage-solutions-101-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/12/energy-storage-solutions-101-video/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60076 Activ Solar COO Dr. Johann Harter, who I had the great pleasure of interviewing a couple months ago,recently gave a presentation on energy storage solutions at the fifth International Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Forum in Kyiv (REF2013). It’s a great primer on the various energy storage solutions we have at hand at the moment. He also

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/12/energy-storage-solutions-101-video/feed/ 15 Top 10 Most Interesting Energy & Environment Articles From October http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/09/top-10-interesting-energy-environment-articles-october/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/09/top-10-interesting-energy-environment-articles-october/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:54:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58732 Here’s my latest monthly report of the “Top 10” most compelling clean energy, climate, and environment-related news stories encountered last month. These articles may have an impact on your business, your life, and the world we live in. Or, at the very least, might surprise you about what’s going on. Over a thousand articles were

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/09/top-10-interesting-energy-environment-articles-october/feed/ 4 Cleantech Buffet: World’s Largest PV Skylight, Support For Energiewende, Girls Dig Dudes Who Own Green Cars … http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/02/cleantech-buffet-5/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/02/cleantech-buffet-5/#comments Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:56:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=57023 Some more cleantech eatin’s: Solar Power $8 Billion Hit For Spanish PV Generators Spain’s PV industry body UNEF says generators will lose a fifth of the payments they could have expected from 2010 to 2020. The reductions are part of the Madrid government’s determination to reduce renewables subsidies. Big Clean Energy News Just Keeps Coming:

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/02/cleantech-buffet-5/feed/ 0 $23 Million Energy Storage Research Center Launched In New York State http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/23-million-energy-storage-research-center-launched-in-new-york-state/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/23-million-energy-storage-research-center-launched-in-new-york-state/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:48:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54547 A new $23-million dollar energy storage research and development center could reorient the future of this growing industry to New York State

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/07/30/23-million-energy-storage-research-center-launched-in-new-york-state/feed/ 1 More Top Energy Stories Of The Week http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/29/more-top-energy-stories-of-the-week/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/29/more-top-energy-stories-of-the-week/#comments Sat, 29 Jun 2013 17:08:22 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53415 Aside from my solar energy roundup and clean transport roundup, as well as all the stories we’ve covered on CleanTechnica, here are 12 more energy-related stories that I think are worth a read (and one repeat): Wind Wind to Lead Renewables in Oz, but Solar Will Overtake Bard Offshore Finished This Summer Vestas Wins Order

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/29/more-top-energy-stories-of-the-week/feed/ 0 Global Energy Storage Market To 2020 (Charts, Sort Of…) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/18/global-energy-storage-market-to-2020-charts-sort-of/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/18/global-energy-storage-market-to-2020-charts-sort-of/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:30:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=52904 CleanTechnica has a partnership with GBI Research to help get more cleantech market research reports into more people’s hands*. GBI Research recently published a new report on the Global Energy Storage Market to 2020 (in April 2013) and passed this one on to me to share with you all. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t reveal too

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/18/global-energy-storage-market-to-2020-charts-sort-of/feed/ 0 Dave’s Top 10 Cleantech & Energy Stories From Last Month http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/17/daves-top-10-cleantech-energy-stories-from-last-month/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/17/daves-top-10-cleantech-energy-stories-from-last-month/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:52:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=52881 As part of staying current, literally hundreds of clean energy articles are reviewed each month. Thank you, Google. Dozens of relevant stories are found and reported to my network at month’s end and could be sent to you at your request. Some of these leap out, to me anyway, as significant to a wider cleantech

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/17/daves-top-10-cleantech-energy-stories-from-last-month/feed/ 2 Much More Clean, Renewable Energy Could Be Integrated Into Grid — No Problem http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/22/much-more-clean-renewable-energy-could-be-integrated-into-grid-no-problem/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/22/much-more-clean-renewable-energy-could-be-integrated-into-grid-no-problem/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:08:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50979 This was included in a roundup post the other day, but roundup posts don’t get enough attention, so I’m reposting it below from Solar Love. I think most of us know by now that there’s enough renewable energy potential to power the world several times over. However, the key is matching what can be generated

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/22/much-more-clean-renewable-energy-could-be-integrated-into-grid-no-problem/feed/ 9 Tesla Model S Price Increase Coming; Honda Accord PHEV Now Most Efficient PHEV On Market; Beautiful Japanese Electric Chopper (+ More Clean Transport News) http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/05/tesla-model-s-price-increase-coming-honda-accord-phev-now-most-efficient-on-market-more-clean-transport-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/05/tesla-model-s-price-increase-coming-honda-accord-phev-now-most-efficient-on-market-more-clean-transport-news/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:18:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=45789   Here are some more big clean transport stories from the past week or so for you: Bikes & Motorbikes Bicycle Culture By Design: “Mikael Colville-Andersen is a world-leading urban planning / transportation planning consultant. His focus is on human-powered transport, especially the bicycle, and humanizing cities (at least, that’s how I would summarize it). His blog, Copenhagenize,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/05/tesla-model-s-price-increase-coming-honda-accord-phev-now-most-efficient-on-market-more-clean-transport-news/feed/ 0 How Paul Ryan Bankrupted a DOE Energy Loan Recipient, and How They Bounced Back http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/23/how-paul-ryan-bankrupted-a-doe-energy-loan-recipient-and-how-they-bounced-back/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/23/how-paul-ryan-bankrupted-a-doe-energy-loan-recipient-and-how-they-bounced-back/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:54:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=41537   When Beacon Power applied for the Section 1705 loan guarantee program, they probably had no idea that that painted a target on their back. After all, they weren’t even a solar or wind business. Beacon had perfected and patented adaptations to an old nuts-and-bolts flywheel technology, spending $200 million to engineer reliable energy storage

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/08/23/how-paul-ryan-bankrupted-a-doe-energy-loan-recipient-and-how-they-bounced-back/feed/ 15 DOE to Recover 70% of Bankruptcy Loan http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/08/doe-to-recover-70-of-bankruptcy-loan/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/08/doe-to-recover-70-of-bankruptcy-loan/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=34714 The Department of Energy (DOE) has been under fire with several investigations for loans to companies that have later filed bankruptcy. The most infamous and largest is with Solyndra, but Ener1 and Beacon Power also received loans. Of these, the situation at Beacon Power presents a bit of a special case.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/08/doe-to-recover-70-of-bankruptcy-loan/feed/ 1 Flywheel Energy I: Safety, Security, Reliability http://cleantechnica.com/2011/09/05/flywheel-energy-i-safety-security-reliability/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/09/05/flywheel-energy-i-safety-security-reliability/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:02:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=29770 Energy is like a wild animal that can be contained and trained but never truly tamed. A closer look at the Risk involved in Flywheel energy storage.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/09/05/flywheel-energy-i-safety-security-reliability/feed/ 2 Pennsylvania Wants Beacon Power’s Flywheel Energy Storage http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/11/pennsylvania-beacon-power-flywheel-energy-storage/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/11/pennsylvania-beacon-power-flywheel-energy-storage/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:16:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=29563 Beacon Power (Nasdaq:BCON), a flywheel energy storage company that it has been awarded a $5 million state grant for the construction of its second 20-megawatt flywheel energy storage facility. (flywheels, frequency regulation and spinning reserve discussed)

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/08/11/pennsylvania-beacon-power-flywheel-energy-storage/feed/ 2 Utility Scale Electricity Storage Ramps Up with Growing Renewable Energy Use http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/22/utility-scale-electricity-storage-ramps-up-with-growing-renewable-energy-use/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/22/utility-scale-electricity-storage-ramps-up-with-growing-renewable-energy-use/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:51:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=29090 Global sales of utility-scale electricity storage systems are forecast to grow more than 35% at an annually compounded rate as grid operators make greater use of renewable energy sources and build out interconnections and smart grid systems

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/22/utility-scale-electricity-storage-ramps-up-with-growing-renewable-energy-use/feed/ 3 Largest Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS) Almost Up in Stephentown, New York http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/13/largest-flywheel-energy-storage-system-fess-almost-up-in-stephentown-new-york/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/13/largest-flywheel-energy-storage-system-fess-almost-up-in-stephentown-new-york/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:47:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=28207 Beacon Power has constructed the largest power grid energy storage system in Stephentown, New York

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