- 11 December 2006 -
Pentadyne wins $2 million order for power storage systems
LOS ANGELES based Pentadyne Power Corp has received an order worth over US$2 million from Beaver Aerospace & Defense of Livonia, Michigan, USA, a supplier of ballscrew and actuator products for commercial and military aircraft. Pentadyne will deliver 46 DX-A2-rated (certified for national defence use) Pentadyne VSS + DC systems over the next few months.
The carbon fibre composite flywheel power system stores energy kinetically producing a stable, reliable, DC voltage for applications where power continuity is critical and eliminates the need for batteries in uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. The system generates sufficient energy to last through short duration power utility outages or until a backup generator can come online. Each VSS + DC module can supply a 225 kVA load for more than 12 seconds.
The order is part of a procurement contract making Pentadyne the exclusive supplier of over 500 clean energy storage systems for homeland security military defence applications in the coming years.
“I’m proud Pentadyne was selected to be the exclusive supplier of flywheel-based clean energy systems for a vital array of national defence installations,” comments Mark McGough, Pentadyne’s president and CEO. “The superior performance and reliability of our VSS + DC clean energy storage flywheel systems over competing products was the overriding factor in Pentadyne being designated as the sole supplier in what we believe is the world’s largest flywheel energy storage deployment programme.”
Pentadyne Power Corp; www.pentadyne.com
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