Beacon in the News
2008
Here's where you can read what publications in the electric power industry and other media outlets have written about Beacon Power, or our technology and markets.
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- December 13, 2011
- Albany Times Union
Seeking Buyer Who Sees the Light 
- November 27, 2011
- Boston Globe
As federal funds dry up, Beacon Power still has reason for hope 
- November 22, 2011
- Scientific American
Will Energy Storage Play a Big Role in the Electric Grid? 
- November 20, 2011
- AltEnergyStocks.com
Overcoming Hurdles to Clean Energy Commercialization 
- November 15, 2011
- ThomasNet News
Cleaner Energy and a Box to Store it In 
- November 1, 2011
- Smart Grid Today
Expert predicts financial woes like Beacon's for other US loan takers 
- November 2011
- Technology Today
Hi-Tech Flywheels Spin Kinetic Energy into Electricity 
- October 2011
- Today’s Energy Solutions
Toward a More Stable Grid 
- September 29, 2011
- Montana Standard
Flywheel Energy Storage Planned 
- Sept/Oct 2011
- Energy Biz
Amazing Flywheels 
- August 17, 2011
- Greentech Media
Beacon Power’s Spin on Energy Storage: It’s a Service 
- August 11, 2011
- Machine Design
Reinventing the Flywheel 
- August 11, 2011
- Clean Technica
Pennsylvania Wants Beacon Power’s Flywheel Energy Storage - August 5, 2011
- Greentech Media
Utility-Scale Storage: Moving From Trials to the Real World 
- August 1, 2011
- POWER
Milestones for Flywheel, Lithium Battery Grid-Scale Projects 
- July 28, 2011
- Fast Company
Can The Simple Flywheel Replace The High-Tech Electric Battery? - July 25, 2011
- Alt Energy Stocks
Toward a More Stable Grid: New Technological Solutions for an Old Problem 
- July 22, 2011
- Eastwick Press
Beacon Celebrates Completion of Frequency Regulation Plant - July 22, 2011
- Clean Technica
Utility Scale Electricity Storage Ramps Up with Growing Renewable Energy Use 
- July 17, 2011
- RealClearEnergy.org
Solar Electricity Still Subject to Interruptions - July 13, 2011
- Albany Times Union
From a Cornfield to Clean Energy’s Future 
- July 13, 2011
- Bloomberg Business Week
Flywheels help NY power grid run more smoothly 
- July 12, 2011
- Wall Street Journal
Flywheels Help NY Power Grid Run More Smoothly 
- July 12, 2011
- Lowell Sun
Beacon Power Unveils Flywheel Energy Facility 
- July 11, 2011
- Berkshire Eagle
Frictionless Future for Energy 
- July 2011
- IEEE Spectrum
Flywheels Keep the Grid in Tune 
- June 2011
- EnerG
Tying Renewables into the Grid 
- June 12, 2011
- Forbes.com
Inexpensive Grid Stability Solutions - June 12, 2011
- Clean Technica
Largest Flywheel Energy Storage System Almost Up in Stephentown, NY 
- June 5, 2011
- Nashua Telegraph
NY Electric Plant Nearly Grid-ready 
- June 1, 2011
- MSN Money
Energy Storage Group Amps Up Advocacy 
- June 1, 2011
- The Atlantic
Huge Flywheel Facility Pushes Toward Completion 
- June 1, 2011
- CNET
200 Flywheels of Storage to Keep Grid Power Steady 
- June 1, 2011
- DVICE.com
Batteries reborn as giant spinning carbon fiber cylinders 
- May 31, 2011
- RenewablesBiz
Energy Storage Breaking Through 
- May 2011
- U.S. Department of Energy Report
Energy Storage Activities in the U.S. Electricity Grid 
- April 21, 2011
- Hazleton Standard Speaker
Flywheel Plant Would Bring 60 Jobs 
- April 18, 2011
- Washington Post
Re-inventing the (Fly)wheel 
- April 13, 2011
- Green Energy News
Plotting a Clean Energy Revolution for Massachusetts 
- March 30, 2011
- CBC News
Energy Sources of the (Near) Future 
- March 20, 2011
- Green Energy News
NEXT TO GO MAINSTREAM: MASS ENERGY STORAGE 
- March 1, 2011
- Industrial Fuels and Power
Energy Storage: enabling a shift away from baseload generation (registration required) 
- February 23, 2011
- National Geographic
Upgrading the Electric Grid With Flywheels and Air 
- February 2011
- Networking Magazine
Fly Wheel Fly 
- February 2, 2011
- Boston Business Journal
Mass. Companies Pioneer Energy Storage for the Grid - February 2, 2011
- Boston Business Journal
Beacon Power Expects Revenue Boost - January 25, 2011
- Mass High Tech
Beacon Power Plant Sparks First Commercial Revenue Stream - January 3, 2011
- Boston Business Journal
Beacon Power Has High Hopes for Year 
- January, 2011
- Popular Mechanics
10 Top Tech Trends for 2011 
- December 21, 2010
- Renewable Energy World
Energy Storage and the Grid 
- November 20, 2010
- Tech Surveillance (NRECA magazine)
Flywheels Set to Help Regulate Frequency on the U.S. Grid - November 9, 2010
- RenewablesBiz.com
The Keys to Energy Storage 
- October, 2010
- PV Magazine
Banking Energy 
- October 28, 2010
- San Diego Tribune
Energy Storage Key to Future of Power Grid 
- October 21, 2010
- SustainableBusiness.com
$1B Market for Wind Energy Storage By 2015 
- October 21, 2010
- Green Investing
Stephentown to become Home to the World's First Grid-scale Flywheel Energy Storage Plant 
- October 13, 2010
- Southtown Star (Chicago)
On the Fly: Fast Wheels Drive Proposed Chicago Heights Power Station - October 13, 2010
- Mass High Tech
New England's 30 Largest Cleantech Employers 
- October 12, 2010
- Small Cap World
Geothermal Companies Getting Hotter: Carbon-Free is the New Black 
- October 4, 2010
- EcoGeek.org
Stronger, More Cost-Effective Flywheels for Grid Storage - September 30, 2010
- U.S. Department of Energy
'Recycling' grid energy with flywheel technology - September 28, 2010
- Renewable Energy World International
Energy Storage takes on the Variability Conundrum - September 23, 2010
- Gridwise Global Forum
Innovating for the Future (3-part video)
Washington, DC - September 23, 2010
- Greentech Media
Steven Chu Speaks at Gridwise Global Forum - September 23, 2010
- Albany Times Union
Area Projects that are "Changing America" 
- September 20, 2010
- Electric Perspectives
Energy Storage Spins Onto the Grid 
- September 17, 2010
- WhiteHouse.gov
100 Recovery Act Projects Changing America 
- September 17, 2010
- Boston.com
Biden Highlights Mass. Projects in Report - September 17, 2010
- CNET
Energy Storage on Grid Heats Up 
- August 27, 2010
- TechCrunch
Five Greentech Startups Thinking Outside the Box 
- August 30, 2010
- New York NOW
Beacon Power was featured in a segment on New York Now, a television program that airs on two stations and is seen by millions of viewers 
- August 25, 2010
- Engineering News-Record
Upstate New York Project Will Harness Flywheel Power 
- August 2010
- Renew Grid
New York Grid Operator Deep in Energy Storage (Cover and Page 8) - August 12, 2010
- Green Energy News
Intermittent Renewables + Energy Storage = Base Load Power 
- August 11, 2010
- EcoSeed
Flywheel storage concept secures $43 million DOE loan - August 11, 2010
- Lowell Sun
Tyngsboro Power Company Secures Money for New Plant 
- August 13, 2010
- SolveClimate.com
Feds Pour Millions into Innovative Energy Storage Projects in New York 
- August 11, 2010
- Inhabitat.com
World's First Grid-Scale Flywheel Energy Plant Opening Soon 
- August 11, 2010
- EnergyBoom.com
Beacon Power's Flywheel Energy Storage Project: Improving NY's Electric Grid 
- August 11, 2010
- BusinessGreen.com (UK)
US energy storage firm reckons it is ready to fly - August 10, 2010
- New York Times
DOE Charges Up Flywheels, Finalizes $43M Loan to Beacon Power 
- August 10, 2010
- Brighter Energy
$43m Federal Loan Guarantee for 20MW Flywheel Storage Project 
- August 9, 2010
- Popular Science
DOE Invests in First Flywheel Power-Storage Plant - August 9, 2010
- Fast Company
First Flywheel Power Storage Plant Gets a $43 Million Cash Injection From the DOE 
- August 9, 2010
- Wall Street Journal
US Energy Department Finalizes $43M Beacon Power Loan Guarantee - August 9, 2010
- CNET.com
Flywheel power grid storage project gets DOE loan - August 9, 2010
- U.S. Department of Energy
Department of Energy and Beacon Power Finalize $43 Million Loan Guarantee for Innovative Energy Storage Project in New York State - July 27, 2010
- New York Times
Pushed Along by Wind, Power Storage Grows - July 10, 2010
- Hazleton Standard Speaker
Electricity company eyes Hazleton area - July 1, 2010
- Bloomberg Businessweek
Alternative Energy Picks from Ardour Capital - July 1, 2010
- The Albany Times Union
Taking a Spin on Site in Glenville 
- June 12, 2010
- Commodities Now
Energy Storage Capturing High Interest - May 25, 2010
- The Albany Times Union
State sparks innovative power project 
- May 23, 2010
- Defense News
An Extra Surge for Ships - May 14, 2010
- EastwickPress.com
Beacon Power Begins Construction 
- May 11, 2010
- SustainableBusiness.com
Wellinghoff shares consumer-oriented vision of smart grid, green power - May 7, 2010
- SustainableBusiness.com
Ancillary Services Market for Energy Storage To Hit $6.6B by 2019 - April 28, 2010
- Smart Grid Today
Wellinghoff shares consumer-oriented vision of smart grid, green power 
- April 20, 2010
- PJM and EPRI's Energy Storage Summit Blog
Technical Panel - Bill Capp, Beacon Power 
- April 13, 2010
- CNN.com
Beacon Gen 4 flywheel appears on CNN 
- March 29, 2010
- New York ISO White Paper
Energy Storage in the NY Electricity Markets - March 21, 2010
- The Berkshire Eagle
Flywheels for the Future - March 18, 2010
- Industrial Fuels and Power
Energy Storage: Changing the Rules of the Game - March 8, 2010
- Greentechmedia.com
Is energy storage a product or service? 
- February 24, 2010
- Windpower Engineering
Solving the Use-it-or-lose-it Wind Energy Problem 
- February 24, 2010
- Cleantech.com
Energy storage - It's not all about batteries 
- February 1, 2010
- Discovery.com
Flywheel Tech Spins for the Grid - February 1, 2010
- Greentech Grid
The Networked Grid 100: Movers and Shakers of the Smart Grid - February 2010
- Popular Science
Rebuilding America: 25 New Technologies to Transform our Crumbling Infrastructure - January 25, 2010
- New York Times
Advancing the Flywheel for Energy Storage and Grid Regulation - January 25, 2010
- New York Times
Old School Meets High-Tech With Beacon Power's Next-Generation Flywheels 
- January 2010
- Popular Science
The Energy Storage Problem 
- December 2009
- Climate Change Business Journal (pp. 10-11)
2009 Business Achievement Awards - Electricity Storage Association 
- December 17, 2009
- Electric Light and Power
Beacon Power adds 1 MW of energy storage to New England power grid 
- December 17, 2009
- FOX Business
Beacon Power Integrates Additional Megawatt of Flywheel Energy Storage on New England Power Grid 
- December 10, 2009
- Intelligent Utility
Grid-scale energy storage gets Senate scrutiny 
- November 30, 2009
- Transmission and Distribution World
U.S. DOE Announces $24 Million Smart Grid Stimulus Grant Award to Beacon Power - November 27, 2009
- Eastwick (NY) Press
Ground Breaking In Stephentown for World's First Flywheel-Based Frequency Regulation Plant - November 25, 2009
- CNET.com
Utility energy storage no longer just giant batteries - November 23, 2009
- Popular Mechanics
How Centuries-Old Flywheels Can Improve the Electric Grid 
- November 23, 2009
- Power Daily Northeast
Beacon breaks ground on New York flywheel energy storage plant - November 19, 2009
- New York Times
Company Breaks Ground on Flywheel Energy-Storage Plant - November 19, 2009
- FOX Business
Beacon Power Breaks Ground on 20-Megawatt Flywheel Energy Storage Plant - November 10, 2009
- Boston Business Journal
Beacon Power set to build $69M plant in NY 
- November 10, 2009
- NYSERDA.com
Four NYSERDA-Supported Companies Recognized for Achievement at National Clean-Energy Forum 
- November 10, 2009
- R&D Magazine
DOE Announces New Executive Director of Loan Guarantee Program 
- October 27, 2009
- Associated Press
Patrick economic summit aims to kickstart Mass. 
- October 23, 2009
- COMPETEcoalition.com
Capitol Hill Briefing Highlights How Competitive Electricity Markets Spur Innovation, Economic and Environmental Gains 
- October 16, 2009
- SeekingAlpha.com
On EESAT and Energy Storage Opportunities on the Smart Grid - October 15, 2009
- Mass High Tech
Ford puts electric vehicles, National Grid partnership on display 
- October 9, 2009
- Radio Boston - WBUR-FM
Beacon content begins at 06:30 - October 2009
- Popular Science
Planet Fixers: Innovations for a Greener Future 
- September 30, 2009
- ars technica
Stabilizing the electric grid with megawatt-scale storage - September 28, 2009
- New York Times
Companies Race to Develop Utility-Scale Power Storage 
- September 22, 2009
- TechNewsWorld
DoE Spins Up Flywheel Energy Ideas 
- September 22, 2009
- Smart Planet
Energy Storage: "...spinning (fly)wheel got to go 'round" 
- September 20, 2009
- U.S. News and World Report
Spinning Flywheels Said to Make Greener Energy 
- September 2009
- Power Engineering
The Smart Grid and Generation (pp. 44-50) - August 27, 2009
- Discovery.com
Flywheel Stores Energy - August 2009
- North American Wind Power/Renew Grid
A Smart Grid Approach to Regulation And Ramping 
- August 6, 2009
- Newsweek
The $2 Billion Question - July 27, 2009
- SolveClimate
Chu Revs Up DOE Loan Process That Was Slow, Costly Under Bush - July 27, 2009
- RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Show Me the Money -- And How to Get It - July 25, 2009
- The Albany Times Union
"Capital Green Scene" (radio interview with Beacon CEO Bill Capp) 
- July 2009
- APPrO Magazine (Canada)
North America's first large flywheels regulate power 
- July 10, 2009
- New Energy and Fuel
Flywheel Energy Storage Gets Some Business and Funding 
- July 8, 2009
- Bloomberg News
Beacon Power Gets U.S. Energy Loan - July 3, 2009
- Albany Times Union
Federal spark for power project - July 2, 2009
- Forbes.com
US green energy projects get $59 mln in guarantees 
- July 2, 2009
- Albany Business Review
Flywheel operator closes in on $43M loan from feds - June 23, 2009
- CNET.com
Massachusetts goes green to relive tech glory - June 12, 2009
- Albany Times Union
Storing Energy for When Needed - June 11, 2009
- Greentechmedia.com
Beacon Power Lands $2M Flywheel Deal With New York - June 11, 2009
- Mass High Tech
Beacon Power lands $2M N.Y. smart grid deal - May 20, 2009
- FERC Approves Energy-Storage-Based Market Rules For NYISO
- April 30, 2009
- NYISO: Wind Capacity Increased 300% In Past Year
- April 27, 2009
- A Green Challenge: Make Renewables Reliable
- April 23, 2009
- Storing Renewable Energy on the Smart Grid - Podcast
- April 16, 2009
- Vice President Biden Outlines Funding for Smart Grid Initiatives
- April 16, 2009
- For the Electric Grid, Renewable Goals Pose Daunting Task
- April 15, 2009
- DOE to Issue New Loan Guarantee, Grant Solicitations Soon
- March 25, 2009
- New York ISO Seeks Additions to Grid
- March 15, 2009
- Boston.com
Company seeks project linking to NY power grid - March 11, 2009
- Obama's Recovery Act: New Energy Jobs
- February 23, 2009
- Beacon Power will build flywheel regulation plant
- February 13, 2009
- Next Challenge on Stimulus: Spending All That Money
- January 28, 2009
- Stimulus may lift high-tech in N.E.
- January 20, 2009
- Storing power on the future electric grid
- January 6, 2009
- Patrick Administration Announces Rules Providing More Support for Renewable and Alternative Energy
- December 22, 2008
- FERC gives Midwest ISO go ahead to launch ancillary services market, with accommodations for flywheel technology
- November, 2008
- Utility Scale Energy Storage Grinds into Gear
- November 2008
- Forbes Magazine: Hold That Electron!
- November, 2008
- Power on the Fly (p. 15)
- November 25, 2008
- Alternative Energy Storage: Why Frequency Regulation is Important
- November, 2008
- Energy Management Canada
Beacon Power Announces Testing of First Megawatt of Flywheel Energy Storage - Oct, 2008
- Alternative Technologies Test Their Mettle in ISO-NE Pilot Program
- Sept 22, 2008
- New Energy Storage Technology To Link To New England Grid
- Sept 18, 2008
- Green Business
Beacon Power Announces Testing of First Megawatt of Flywheel Energy Storage - Sept 15, 2008
- Reinventing the Flywheel
- Sept 1, 2008
- Efforts turn to storage for renewable energy
- Aug 26, 2008
- Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid's Limits
- Aug 15, 2008
- Beacon Power first in line for grid regulation trials
- July 21, 2008
- Clearing the Path to a Greener Future
- June 27, 2008
- Energy storage coming to a power grid near you
- June 25, 2008
- Area firm's future bright targeting alternative-energy storage
- June 13, 2008
- Beacon Power puts a new spin on clean energy
- May 28, 2008
- Beacon Power shares spike as analyst bullish on growth
- May 23, 2008
- Beacon Power Clears Environment Hurdle
- May 13, 2008
- Modern Spin on Old Technology
- May 12, 2008
- Beacon using flywheel technology for frequency regulation, energy storage
(used with permission of SNL Energy LC) - March 2008
- Bus-sized batteries may help efficiency of U.S. grid
- November, 2007
- California ISO Report on the Integration of Renewable Resources
[see Chapter 7, pp. 99-110] - July 6, 2007
- De-Listing Averted, Flywheel Developer Beacon at Crossroads
Dow Jones Clean Technology Investor - July 2007
- Beacon CEO Sees Rapid Scale-up in 2008
EnergyTechStocks.com - May-June 2007
- A Primer of Flywheel Technology
Distributed Energy - April 2007
- Megawatt-Scale Flywheel Nears Market Readiness
Power Engineering - January 29, 2007
- GridWise™ Accelerates Efforts to Develop a Smart Grid in the U.S.
News.Yahoo.com - January 15, 2007
- Beacon Power flywheels get good spin
InsideGreenTech.com - January-February 2007
- Getting All Revved Up
AmericanScientist.org - October 2006
- Turning Power Plant Challenges into Clean Technology Opportunities
RenewableEnergyStocks.com - August 2006
- 20,000 RPM for 20 Years
New Energy - August 10, 2006
- Making Electrical Grids More Efficient
MIT Technology Review - Winter 2006
- Beacon Power Flywheels Regulate Frequency
Batteries & Energy Storage Technology
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