The flywheels are located next to an existing ground mounted solar array at a distributed energy generation facility. The flywheels were designed for energy arbitrage to reduce peak load and increase grid reliability.
PV Powered Flywheels
As all things that humans create for energy one must always take into account all the cost to make the darn thing from cradle to the grave. In most cases the complete cost to mine, fabricate, process, develop, manufactor, distribution, maintenance, repair, retrofit, upgrade, and then hopefully recycle the thing, would cost a larger carbon footprint in the long run than the thing was designed to offset in the first place. The modest hybrid self-sufficient stand alone solar cabins, homes, farmsteads, and PV micro-grid villages where human beings actually live, has already been proven to be the most efficient way to live upon this planet. Big Picture at scale, all other experimentation at this juncture in our opinion is sheer foolishness, as far as carbon combustion pollution is concerned, and will all fall by the wayside. As a global electric civilization we are going to have to get serious about how this electricity is produced, trust the science, and make a move collectively in a sustainable direction away from this path of destruction.
"There is a way that seems right to man but instead is the path to destruction " is a phrase from the Bible, which means that sometimes a path may appear to be the correct choice for humanity but in the end, it can lead to negative consequences or destruction; essentially, a warning against relying solely on current avenues without considering the long-term effects.
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Timothy Mcbride
CEOOwner
Sol-Era R & D
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