February 8th, 2012 | by Breath on the Wind
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.
September 5th, 2011 | by Breath on the Wind
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.
August 11th, 2011 | by Breath on the Wind
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)
July 22nd, 2011 | by Andrew
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
June 13th, 2011 | by Nicholas Brown
Beacon Power has constructed the largest power grid energy storage system in Stephentown, New York
June 10th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Some more great cleantech stories from the week that we haven't yet covered. This week, I decided to just organize them by topic (note, of course, that some topics overlap -- in such cases, I put a little note about which other categories each article could be filed under after titles for those of you only interested in a particular topic). Check out these other interesting cleantech stories
June 20th, 2010 | by Tina Casey
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are hot on the heels of a discovery that could more than
June 3rd, 2010 | by Tina Casey
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Arnold Magnetic Technologies are putting together their expertise on magnetic technology and applying it
