PPPEAC hosted a seminar on Thursday, October 3, 2019, from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. The event took place at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Maeder Hall, 92 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ. Prof. Seth R. Sanders gave the talk.
Flywheel Energy Storage: A Utility Scale Energy Solution
The talk reviews the energy storage landscape, including opportunities and both established and emerging technologies. A flywheel works like a battery, with kinetic energy storage in place of electrochemical processes. Engineers have long seen flywheels as a fit only for short-term uses such as frequency regulation. This talk shows that flywheels can be designed to shift energy economically over several hours. California’s AB 2514 calls for 1.3 GW of flexible energy storage by 2024. The talk also covers product and project development at Amber Kinetics.
About the speaker
Prof. Seth R. Sanders is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. He is an IEEE Fellow and a co-founder and Chief Scientist of Amber Kinetics, a maker of utility-scale flywheel energy storage systems. His research covers electrical energy and power conversion.
