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DOE swoops in with flywheel funding for Beacon Power

 

Published 7/6/2009 at The most recent articles from BusinessGreen

Danny Bradbury, BusinessGreen , Monday 6 July 2009 at 10:19:00 20MW flywheel energy storage plant on the cards after US government provides $43m in loan guarantees Flywheel energy storage specialist Beacon Power Corporation last week announced that it has been awarded $43m in loan guarantees by the Department of Energy to help complete a storage project... (link)

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