Beacon Power -Development of a 100 Kilowatt Hour/1100 Kilowatt Flywheel Energy Storage ModuleCX(s) Applied: B3.6Date: 08/09/2010Location(s): Tyngsboro, MassachusettsOffice(s): Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
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August 9, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 08/09/2010
Location(s): Tyngsboro, Massachusetts
Office(s): Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
Funding will support laboratory and bench scale research and development on a flywheel energy storage module that will provide 4 times the stored energy at 118 the cost-per-energy of Beacon's state-of-the-art Gen 4 flywheel. The proposed work is consistent with the goal of Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittently Dispachable Storage (GRIDS): development of new technologies to enable the widespread deployment of cost-effective, grid-scale energy storage. Work consists entirely of research, development, and demonstration to be completed at the Beacon Power facility in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. The work performed will be limited to in-lab design, analysis, development, fabrication, and testing.