Government & Military
What can a Pentadyne system do for me?
Pentadyne clean energy storage has a lot of great attributes and advantages.
Many Pentadyne systems are currently operating at government facilities. Pentadyne is also the exclusive flywheel supplier in a Department of Defense project involving the deployment of more than 500 flywheels at military sites around the nation.
We've found that government and military entities using our systems particularly value these qualities:
- Solid reliability - Lead acid batteries are the weakest link in any power continuity system. A Pentadyne flywheel can eliminate batteries and provide much greater reliability. They can also work in parallel with batteries as the first line of defense, taking all the brief hits and bridging the time gap to a smooth generator handoff. This eliminates cycling of the now redundant battery array.
- Environmental responsibility/sustainability - Over its design life, each Pentadyne flywheel you deploy will mitigate the dumping of more than 15,000 pounds of battery lead and hundreds of gallons of sulfuric acid. Lead-acid battery emissions also contribute to global warming. Pentadyne systems have no emissions.
- Minimal footprint and weight - Compared to a 5-min. VRLA battery cabinet, a comparable capacity Pentadyne flywheel needs only half the floorspace (or 1/5th that of wet cells). Each unit weighs only 1,300 lbs, about 1/3rd that of batteries.

Other valuable attributes include:
- Vastly lower own & operate costs
- Supplements or eliminates lead acid UPS batteries
- 1/10th the energy consumption of other flywheels
- Virtually silent operation
- No concrete pad needed, no floor loading issues
- Rolls into place and commissions in less than 60 minutes
- No explosive gas emissions or hazardous materials
- No acid vapors, spillage or other safety issues
- Solid, non-"pro-rated" 5-year warranty
- Built in California: seismic zone 4 rated