Larger-scale energy storage at the residential, commercial, campus, or even grid level is a challenge to which there’s no definitive and best solution. Options include electrochemical (batteries), ...

Engine manufacturer Ricardo normally doesn't go seeking attention from the press. While it supplies engines to everyone from the biggest heavy equipment makers to McLaren sports cars, the U.K.-based ...

NASA’s Glenn Research Center developed a new flywheel-based mechanical battery system that redefined energy storage and spacecraft orientation. This innovative approach demonstrated the potential of ...

One Long Island company’s vision for the future of electric-grid power storage seeks to improve on decades-old technology known as flywheel energy to provide stable grid power and backup at a time ...

Researchers at the Inner Mongolia University of Technology in China have developed a new lifecycle parameter that can reportedly help increase coordinated control and service life in flywheel energy ...

The US has some impressive flywheel energy storage plants. The largest of these is the 20 MW Beacon Power flywheel station ...

A flywheel is a very heavy wheel, formerly a large spoked wheel with a heavy metal rim but now more commonly made from a carbon-fiber composite material, with a smaller cylindrical form that is only ...

Indian researchers have assessed the full range of flywheel storage technologies and have presented a survey of different applications for uninterrupted power supply (UPS), transport, solar, wind, ...

The Port of Rotterdam (PoR) is working to future-proof operations, aiming to be a CO 2 neutral port in 2050. These ambitions align with plans made by port tenants, such as Rhenus Logistics. They, and ...