The Next Frontier in Energy Storage
Companies and utilities are looking for solutions to bridge the gap between traditional energy generation, renewables and battery-based energy storage. Amber Kinetics is the world’s first and only long-duration flywheel flexible and rugged enough to meet the challenge.
The Amber Kinetics flywheel is the first commercialized four-hour discharge, long-duration KESS solution powered by advanced technology that stores 32 kWh of energy in a two-ton steel rotor. Individual flywheels can be scaled up to tens or even hundreds of megawatts. Amber Kinetics has engineered a flywheel to meet the energy storage needs of the modern grid—at a lower cost and higher efficiency than gas-peaker plants or pumped hydro.
Capacity/Demand Reduction
Energy Arbitrage
Ancillary Services
Utility and Commercial Applications
T&D Deferral
Solar + Storage
Energy Firming
Advantages over chemical batteries:
- >86% round trip efficiency (DC)
- No daily cycling limitations
- No degradation over time
- No HVAC required
- Operates in hot and cold environments (-20C to 50C)
- Fast response time (<1 second)
- Recyclable all-steel design
- Safe & reliable–no fire hazard
- Lower O&M cost
- 30-year design life
- 10-year manufacturer warranty
Key benefits:
- No degradation allows for unlimited daily cycling
- High modularity equates to high availability at site level
- Low O&M cost drives excellent financial performance
Future-Proof Your Energy Investment
Amber Kinetics is one example of how companies are leveraging the economics of energy storage in Hawaii to deploy their technology for the first time in a commercial setting.”
Dawn Lippert / CEO, Elemental Excelerator