Beacon Power spins up world's largest flywheel plant

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New York state energy storage facility officially opens

US energy storage start-up Beacon Power hosted a ceremony on Sunday to officially unveil its first 20MW flywheel system at the company's flagship facility in Stephentown, New York. Beacon Power had...

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