Schwungrad Energie News

Flywheel Energy Storage Product and Industry news

Schwungrad Energie’s official opening of its Hybrid flywheel-battery pilot.

Our Hybrid flywheel-battery pilot facility to provide system services was officially opened in Rhode, Co. Offaly on Wednesday November 9thth by Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy, TD Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The opening of the Hybrid flywheel-battery plant represents significant progress as we have reached a major project and company milestone. The […]

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Schwungrad Energie
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Nov 11th, 2015

Schwungrad Energie welcomes our partners in China to the Emerald Isle

Schwungrad Energie were delighted to welcome our partners in China, Liaoning Zhengbang Investment Group, to the Hybrid flywheel-battery opening ceremony and to attend smart grid workshops with Ireland’s industry experts. The Group’s President Mr. Jing Ping and his team as well as members of China State Grid attended meetings with Schwungrad to gain an insight […]

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Schwungrad Energie
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Nov 7th, 2015

SME Instrument beneficiaries embark on a double Dutch business adventure

Schwungrad Energie were invited to attend a recent EASME event in Eindhoven. The EHV Summit is a yearly event dedicated to the Eindhoven start-up community to foster partnerships and share ideas. During the event, the SME instrument was present with a stand and provided information to potential applicants to the programme. Between the 17th and […]

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Schwungrad Energie
Posted
Nov 6th, 2015

Partnership with Hitachi Chemical Co Ltd

Schwungrad Energie are commencing initial tests on a 400 kilowatt (kW) Hybrid flywheel-battery plant connected to the electrical grid to demonstrate the provision of fast acting stabilisation system services required by the evolving electricity grid. Schwungrad Energie have partnered with Hitachi Chemical Co.,Ltd to integrate its Valve Regulated Lead Acid battery technology to produce an […]

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Schwungrad Energie
Posted
Oct 27th, 2015

Climate KICs Open Innovation Labs

Birmingham City University teamed up with Climate KIC to run an open innovation lab, focusing primarily on cleantech commercialization.  This echoes Climate-KIC’s approach to breaking down siloes between sectors and disciplines, ensuring that those who have the motivation, capacity and skills to tackle problems relating to climate change through business activity are working together, enabling […]

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Lea Collins
Posted
Oct 5th, 2015