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Title: Design & development fo a 20-MW flywheel-based frequency regulation power plant : a study for the DOE Energy Storage Systems program.

Abstract

This report describes the successful efforts of Beacon Power to design and develop a 20-MW frequency regulation power plant based solely on flywheels. Beacon's Smart Matrix (Flywheel) Systems regulation power plant, unlike coal or natural gas generators, will not burn fossil fuel or directly produce particulates or other air emissions and will have the ability to ramp up or down in a matter of seconds. The report describes how data from the scaled Beacon system, deployed in California and New York, proved that the flywheel-based systems provided faster responding regulation services in terms of cost-performance and environmental impact. Included in the report is a description of Beacon's design package for a generic, multi-MW flywheel-based regulation power plant that allows accurate bids from a design/build contractor and Beacon's recommendations for site requirements that would ensure the fastest possible construction. The paper concludes with a statement about Beacon's plans for a lower cost, modular-style substation based on the 20-MW design.

Authors:
 [1];
  1. Beacon Power, Tyngsboro, MA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
974396
Report Number(s):
SAND2008-8229
TRN: US201009%%63
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 03 NATURAL GAS; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; COAL; CONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTORS; DESIGN; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FLYWHEELS; FOSSIL FUELS; NATURAL GAS; PARTICULATES; POWER PLANTS; RECOMMENDATIONS; REGULATIONS; Flywheel; Power plants.

Citation Formats

Rounds, Robert, and Peek, Georgianne Huff. Design & development fo a 20-MW flywheel-based frequency regulation power plant : a study for the DOE Energy Storage Systems program.. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.2172/974396.
Rounds, Robert, & Peek, Georgianne Huff. Design & development fo a 20-MW flywheel-based frequency regulation power plant : a study for the DOE Energy Storage Systems program.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/974396
Rounds, Robert, and Peek, Georgianne Huff. 2009. "Design & development fo a 20-MW flywheel-based frequency regulation power plant : a study for the DOE Energy Storage Systems program.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/974396. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/974396.
@article{osti_974396,
title = {Design & development fo a 20-MW flywheel-based frequency regulation power plant : a study for the DOE Energy Storage Systems program.},
author = {Rounds, Robert and Peek, Georgianne Huff},
abstractNote = {This report describes the successful efforts of Beacon Power to design and develop a 20-MW frequency regulation power plant based solely on flywheels. Beacon's Smart Matrix (Flywheel) Systems regulation power plant, unlike coal or natural gas generators, will not burn fossil fuel or directly produce particulates or other air emissions and will have the ability to ramp up or down in a matter of seconds. The report describes how data from the scaled Beacon system, deployed in California and New York, proved that the flywheel-based systems provided faster responding regulation services in terms of cost-performance and environmental impact. Included in the report is a description of Beacon's design package for a generic, multi-MW flywheel-based regulation power plant that allows accurate bids from a design/build contractor and Beacon's recommendations for site requirements that would ensure the fastest possible construction. The paper concludes with a statement about Beacon's plans for a lower cost, modular-style substation based on the 20-MW design.},
doi = {10.2172/974396},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/974396}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009}
}