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 ...

Madagascar-based renewable energy company Filatex has agreed to invest €10 million in Energiestro, a French start-up specializing in the development of a storage technology for residential PV based on ...

Flywheel-powered UPSs continue to be adopted as a source of backup power in data center and industrial applications as evidenced by recent orders received by Active Power and Vycon. Active Power just ...

Pentadyne Power has received a $725,000 follow-on order from Beaver Aerospace & Defense for Pentadyne's advanced flywheel power systems. Pentadyne Power (www.pentadyne.com) has received a $725,000 ...

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 ...