First 20 MW Plant - Construction
The world's first grid-scale, flywheel-based energy storage plant is being built in Stephentown, New York. When completed, the 20 MW plant will operate continuously, storing and returning energy to the grid to provide approximately 10% of New York's overall frequency regulation needs. More information on the frequency regulation service and how Beacon Power flywheels provide it can be found here.
December 2010 – More than 100 flywheels (or more than half of the eventual 200 that the facility will have), as well as all of the plant's electronics, foundations and infrastructure have been installed thus far. Utility work is being completed on the adjacent substation, the final step before live interconnection to the grid.
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