Pentadyne Ships 500th Flywheel; Fleet Amasses 2M Hours
Chatsworth, Calif. – April 30, 2008 – Pentadyne Power Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of clean energy storage systems using advanced composite flywheel technology, announced today that it has shipped its 500th flywheel energy storage system.
In addition, the company announced that the installed fleet of Pentadyne flywheel energy storage systems – primarily used with large-scale uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems instead of lead-acid batteries – has amassed a total of two million hours of operation. The company’s first commercial installation, at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cincinnati, has amassed more than 35,000 hours of operation since commissioning in March 2004.
Pentadyne President & CEO Mark McGough said, “These two significant milestones occurring within a few days of each other underscores the rapid and growing acceptance of our product in the marketplace. UPS users are looking for the most energy efficient reliable alternative to lead-acid batteries, and they are clearly finding it in our product. Considering that we’ve shipped nearly 90% of those 500 units in the last 24 months, the growth rate is astounding.”
Fibernet, a colocation center based in Orem, Utah, took delivery this week of Pentadyne’s 500th flywheel system, which they purchased through the world’s leading large-scale UPS manufacturer, Emerson Network Power/Liebert.
“The 500th Pentadyne-made flywheel is the second one purchased by Fibernet, and will be used with a 150-kVA Liebert UPS,” said Pentadyne Vice-President of Sales & Service Johnny Gonzales. “Their first Pentadyne-made Liebert FS flywheel, which they purchased 12 months ago, has been operating flawlessly with a 225-kVA Liebert UPS at Fibernet’s state-of-the-art Class A ‘smart building.’"
According to Fibernet CFO J. Lee Livingston, “We were skeptical about flywheels. But the ability to rid ourselves of the hazards, maintenance and poor reliability of lead-acid batteries, coupled with the reliability and lower operating costs of the flywheel were convincing. We now have a year’s worth of battery-free and fault-free operation under our belt. So when our growth demanded expansion of our power protection capabilities, it was an easy decision to address that with another flywheel-based UPS.”
About Pentadyne Power Corporation
Hundreds of award-winning Pentadyne clean energy storage systems are deployed as a part of battery-free UPS solutions at commercial, industrial, hospital and military facilities worldwide. The company’s bearing-free, magnetically levitated carbon fiber flywheels are the world’s most energy efficient, using 90% less power than other UPS flywheels. Pentadyne systems deliver vastly higher long-term reliability and uptime availability with a fraction of the footprint, weight, maintenance needs and recurring costs of hazardous lead-acid UPS batteries. An ISO-9001-certified company, Pentadyne Power Corporation designs and manufactures its environmentally responsible products at its factory in Greater Los Angeles.
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Editors:
Pentadyne flywheel product details are at:
www.pentadyne.com/Pentadyne+VSS++Brochure.pdf
A ProductCast on the Pentadyne-made Liebert FS flywheel system is at:
http://mjp.acrobat.com/fsproductcast
A case study on the NASA Glenn Research application noted above is at:
www.pentadyne.com/site/our-products/case-studies.html
Emerson Network Power is ranked as the world’s leading UPS manufacturer in the >200-kVA market segment by Frost & Sullivan, an international market research group.
Press Contacts:
Keith Field
Vice President of Marketing
Pentadyne Power Corporation
(818) 350-0370 x210
Email: keith.field@pentadyne.com
Agency Contact:
PJ Jennings
Jennings & Associates Communications, Inc.
(760) 471-7376
Email: pj@jandacommunications.com
In addition, the company announced that the installed fleet of Pentadyne flywheel energy storage systems – primarily used with large-scale uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems instead of lead-acid batteries – has amassed a total of two million hours of operation. The company’s first commercial installation, at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cincinnati, has amassed more than 35,000 hours of operation since commissioning in March 2004.
Pentadyne President & CEO Mark McGough said, “These two significant milestones occurring within a few days of each other underscores the rapid and growing acceptance of our product in the marketplace. UPS users are looking for the most energy efficient reliable alternative to lead-acid batteries, and they are clearly finding it in our product. Considering that we’ve shipped nearly 90% of those 500 units in the last 24 months, the growth rate is astounding.”
Fibernet, a colocation center based in Orem, Utah, took delivery this week of Pentadyne’s 500th flywheel system, which they purchased through the world’s leading large-scale UPS manufacturer, Emerson Network Power/Liebert.
“The 500th Pentadyne-made flywheel is the second one purchased by Fibernet, and will be used with a 150-kVA Liebert UPS,” said Pentadyne Vice-President of Sales & Service Johnny Gonzales. “Their first Pentadyne-made Liebert FS flywheel, which they purchased 12 months ago, has been operating flawlessly with a 225-kVA Liebert UPS at Fibernet’s state-of-the-art Class A ‘smart building.’"
According to Fibernet CFO J. Lee Livingston, “We were skeptical about flywheels. But the ability to rid ourselves of the hazards, maintenance and poor reliability of lead-acid batteries, coupled with the reliability and lower operating costs of the flywheel were convincing. We now have a year’s worth of battery-free and fault-free operation under our belt. So when our growth demanded expansion of our power protection capabilities, it was an easy decision to address that with another flywheel-based UPS.”
About Pentadyne Power Corporation
Hundreds of award-winning Pentadyne clean energy storage systems are deployed as a part of battery-free UPS solutions at commercial, industrial, hospital and military facilities worldwide. The company’s bearing-free, magnetically levitated carbon fiber flywheels are the world’s most energy efficient, using 90% less power than other UPS flywheels. Pentadyne systems deliver vastly higher long-term reliability and uptime availability with a fraction of the footprint, weight, maintenance needs and recurring costs of hazardous lead-acid UPS batteries. An ISO-9001-certified company, Pentadyne Power Corporation designs and manufactures its environmentally responsible products at its factory in Greater Los Angeles.
# # #
Editors:
Pentadyne flywheel product details are at:
www.pentadyne.com/Pentadyne+VSS++Brochure.pdf
A ProductCast on the Pentadyne-made Liebert FS flywheel system is at:
http://mjp.acrobat.com/fsproductcast
A case study on the NASA Glenn Research application noted above is at:
www.pentadyne.com/site/our-products/case-studies.html
Emerson Network Power is ranked as the world’s leading UPS manufacturer in the >200-kVA market segment by Frost & Sullivan, an international market research group.
Press Contacts:
Keith Field
Vice President of Marketing
Pentadyne Power Corporation
(818) 350-0370 x210
Email: keith.field@pentadyne.com
Agency Contact:
PJ Jennings
Jennings & Associates Communications, Inc.
(760) 471-7376
Email: pj@jandacommunications.com