Engineers at Kinetic Traction Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., (www.kinetictraction.com) are developing flywheels to store energy recouped from braking Engineers at Kinetic Traction Systems Inc. in ...

Ocean waves are a vast and steady source of renewable energy, but capturing their power efficiently has long frustrated ...

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), ...

21 July 2006 – Pentadyne Power Corporation, the manufacturer of clean energy storage systems using advanced composite flywheel technology, has announced that the first of its second-generation VSS+ DC ...

TYNGSBORO, Mass., June 21, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq:BCON), a leading provider of advanced products and services to support a more stable, reliable and efficient ...

The system works with uninterruptible power supplies and delivers up to 190-kW power and up to 2,700-kW/sec energy. The unit, which weighs only 1,300 lb, seamlessly transfers to an engine generator ...

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Kinetic energy recovery systems have often been proposed as a useful way to improve the efficiency of on-road vehicles, and even used to great effect in motorsports for added performance. [Tom Stanton ...

These systems offer high-efficiency, fast-response energy storage, and are gaining attention for grid stabilization, high-power applications, and renewable energy integration. The concept is not new.