Three years ago, we saw the great Northeast blackout shut down the power to tens of millions. Last year Hurricane Katrina and her kin devastated sections of the Gulf Coast. In between we witnessed the ...

Typically, most all-electronic uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) will handle loads in the tens of kVA range. Handling hundreds of kVA requires an electromechanical UPS, like a flywheel-based unit.

Kinetic-energy recovery systems didn't fare well in Formula 1, but a bunch of British automotive companies bet the technology will catch on with road cars. A consortium led by a Jaguar Land Rover is ...

Energiestro co-founders Anne and André Gennesseaux (pictured) aimed to produce an affordable, scalable version of a flywheel energy storage system for use with renewable energy sources. The prototype ...

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 ...

Pentadyne Power has received a follow-on order worth more than $2 million from Beaver Aerospace & Defense for an additional 46 DX-A2-rated Pentadyne VSS+DC systems. Pentadyne Power has received a ...