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Beacon Power Corp

Type: Company

Name: Beacon Power Corp

Nationality: United States

Web Address: http://beaconpower.com/

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Beacon Power Corp

Flywheel plant groundbreaking set June 21

When workers break ground for a plant at the Humboldt Industrial Park on June 21 they plan to install the first of 200 flywheels that will regulate energy for the electrical grid.The flywheels spin to store electricity and slow to release electricity ... [Published Individual.com - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Beacon Power Corp, Power Grid, Construction, Workers

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Apple Inc

Flywheel Energy Storage Lives On at Beacon Power – GTM Daily Newsletter

LATEST NEWS: Apple Hires Ex-EPA Chief Lisa Jackson for a Green Sheen Earthtechling, Pete Danko – May 31, 2013 Tim Cook brings former Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson on board to green up Apple; Greenpeace, for one, likes the idea. EV ... [Published EthicalMarkets.com - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Beacon Power Corp, Lisa P Jackson, Polyethylene Terepthalate, Apple Inc

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Flywheel Energy Storage Lives On at Beacon Power

The DOE loan program had its obvious big losers (Solyndra), its seemingly big winners ( Tesla ), and firms like Beacon Power which are still works in progress.Beacon is a builder of flywheel-based energy storage for frequency regulation markets.The IEEE ... [Published Greentech Media - May 31 2013]

Entities: Beacon Power Corp, FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, International Organization for Standardization, Discharge

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Better Place Inc

Better Place, Another Green Energy Company Bites the Dust

The Wall Street Journal reported that Better Place Ltd. has filed for liquidation over the weekend. This Israeli-based company had investors that included French automotive giant Renault, HSBC Holdings PLC, General Electric Company and Morgan ... [Published EnduringSense - May 27 2013]

Entities: Better Place Inc, Green Energy, Electric Car

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Grid-Scale Energy Storage on the Cusp of True Market Entry

Energy storage is often called the holy grail of renewable energy. The problem with the "grail" language is that the grail was never located. At least not with a compelling business case.There is a lot to report from this week's Energy Storage Association ... [Published Greentech Media - May 23 2013]

Entities: Market, case studies, Venture Capital

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Tesla Repays $465 Million DOE Loan 9 Years Early

Tesla's early repayment is mainly due to last week's announcement regarding its plan to issue more stock and pay off the energy loan with the proceedsTesla Motors announced today that it has repaid its $465 million energy loan in full nearly a decade ... [Published DailyTech - May 23 2013]

Entities: Electric Vehicle, ENER1 Inc, Bankruptcy

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Carl Levin

At the Heart of DC's Fight with Apple

“They offload Apple's tax burden onto other taxpayers – in particular, onto working families and small businesses. The lost tax revenue feeds a budget deficit that has reached troubling proportions, and has helped lead to round after round of budget slashing ... [Published FOXBusiness.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Carl Levin, Economic Growth

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Patent Pending Velkess Flywheel with Gimbal Remains Resonantly Undisturbed

A previous post reported on the acquisition of Beacon Power, formerly the largest flywheel player, after the company went bankrupt. One of the technical hurdles faced by designers of these whirling rotational energy storage devices is that spinning ... [Published CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Beacon Power Corp, Patent Pending, Patent, Eric Lane

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Fisker = Solyndra

<p><img alt="Fisker car" height="165" src="http://cloudfront-assets.reason.com/assets/db/13668132112249.jpg" title="Out of charge|||Credit: Boykov|Dreamstime.com" width="220" style="float: right;"/>This afternoon the House Committee onOversight and ... [Published Hit & Run - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Solyndra, Electric Car, Bankruptcy, Venture capitalist

First reported Apr 01 2013 - Updated Apr 01 2013 - 1 reports

NOT An April Fools Joke: Obama Proclaims National Financial Capability Month

By Susan DuclosSeriously???? I truly thought when I read the CNS News headline this was an April Fools prank, but it isn't.Barack Obama has issued a Presidential Proclamation - National Financial Capability Month, 2013.Let's break this down:All Americans ... [Published Wake up America - Apr 01 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, April Fools, debt-limit, Marketplace

First reported Mar 04 2013 - Updated Mar 04 2013 - 4 reports

Now on Kickstarter: a new kind of spinning energy storage device [Company News]

Will Kickstarter prove to be a good source for some of the geekier next-gen energy technologies? Well, crowd-funding has certainly emerged as an interesting new opportunity for solar roofs. On Monday entrepreneur Bill Gray launched a Kickstarter campaign ... [Published GigaOM Network - Mar 04 2013]

Entities: Bill Gray, Kickstarter, Beacon Power Corp, Clean Technology

First reported Feb 27 2013 - Updated Feb 27 2013 - 1 reports

Energy Storage Front and Center at ARPA-E Summit

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> The Technology Showcase at the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C., is dotted with projects from companies, national labs, and universities that aim to change ... [Published IEEE Spectrum - Feb 27 2013]

Entities: ARPA-E, Beacon Power Corp, Battery, Craig Evans, Solar Thermal Systems

Quotes

"This is a great opportunity for Hazleton, a great opportunity for us," Hayden said. "We're excited to be part of the team, especially for the technology. Here we're getting something that is truly green energy (and) state of the art."

Flywheel plant groundbreaking set June 21 [Published Individual.com - Jun 05 2013]

Brits said that Beacon is expanding with "active project development in California, PJM, ISO-NE and Midwest ISO." He noted flywheel technology's "ramp rate, use of the full depth of discharge as often as needed, very high cycle life, and no-degradation through the long-life of the asset."

Flywheel Energy Storage Lives On at Beacon Power [Published Greentech Media - May 31 2013]

"I would like to thank the Department of Energy and the members of Congress and their staffs that worked hard to create the [loan] program, and particularly the American taxpayer from whom these funds originate" said Elon Musk, Tesla co-founder and CEO. "I hope we did you proud."

Tesla Repays $465 Million DOE Loan 9 Years Early [Published DailyTech - May 23 2013]

Flywheels are an old idea, so why has ARPA-E given Beacon Power more than $4 million ? Because this is no ordinary flywheel. "The improved design [pictured] resembles a flying ring that relies on new magnetic bearings to levitate, freeing it to rotate faster and deliver 400 percent as much energy as today's flywheels." Well then

Energy Storage Front and Center at ARPA-E Summit [Published IEEE Spectrum - Feb 27 2013]

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Flywheel Energy Storage Lives On at Beacon Powe... [Published EthicalMarkets.com - Jun 03 2013] LATEST NEWS: Apple Hires Ex-EPA Chief Lisa Jackson for a Green Sheen Earthtechling, Pete Danko – May 31, 2013 Tim Cook brings former Environmental Protection Agency head Lisa Jackson on board to green up Apple; Greenpeace, for one, likes the idea. EV ...
Better Place, Another Green Energy Company Bite... [Published EnduringSense - May 27 2013] The Wall Street Journal reported that Better Place Ltd. has filed for liquidation over the weekend. This Israeli-based company had investors that included French automotive giant Renault, HSBC Holdings PLC, General Electric Company and Morgan ...
Patent Pending Velkess Flywheel with Gimbal Rem... [Published CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com - Apr 30 2013] A previous post reported on the acquisition of Beacon Power, formerly the largest flywheel player, after the company went bankrupt. One of the technical hurdles faced by designers of these whirling rotational energy storage devices is that spinning ...
Fisker = Solyndra [Published Hit & Run - Apr 24 2013] <p><img alt="Fisker car" height="165" src="http://cloudfront-assets.reason.com/assets/db/13668132112249.jpg" title="Out of charge\|\|\|Credit: Boykov\|Dreamstime.com" width="220" style="float: right;"/>This afternoon the House Committee onOversight and ...
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Beacon Power Poised for Growth One Year After A... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 02 2013]