SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 5, 2013) - Flywheel, a mobile taxi hailing platform, works with Basho's distributed NoSQL database, Riak, to power their passenger and driver engine. During Bay ...

GROVE, England & CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited (Williams F1) and Kinetic Traction Systems, Inc. (KTSi) have signed a long-term Co-operation Agreement to ...

Now, advances in carbon fiber and magnetic bearings have put flywheel applications back on the table. Or, as it turns out, on wheels. Automakers are beginning to install flywheel technology–in place ...

NASA’s Glenn Research Center developed a new flywheel-based mechanical battery system that redefined energy storage and spacecraft orientation. This innovative approach demonstrated the potential of ...

Design a highly efficient, mobile electric flywheel capable of high-density energy storage that can supplement the power of internal combustion engines in hybrid electric vehicles during acceleration ...

CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pentadyne Power Corporation, the world leader in flywheel electrical energy storage systems, announced that Pentadyne has recently completed an exclusive ...

Flywheel energy storage works by accelerating a cylindrical assembly called a rotor (flywheel) to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy. The energy is ...

It’s a not a new battery or super-hot liquid salt. But while they are not the sexiest of innovative power solutions, there is much to love about flywheels. Yes, flywheels. The energy storage ...