The EFDA JET Fusion Flywheel Energy Storage System is a 400,000kW energy storage project located in Abingdon, England, UK.
The electro-mechanical energy storage project uses flywheel as its storage technology. The project was commissioned in 2006.
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Description
The EFDA JET Fusion Flywheel Energy Storage System is owned by EFDA-JET (100%).
The key applications of the project are onsite power and frequency regulation.
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By GlobalDataThe peak of consumption here is during a 300s JET pulse – where over 300 MW of electrical power is pulled from the grid, and up to 400 MW is supplied from two large flywheels located in Culham, U.K. However, this is only for 30 seconds, every 20-30 minutes.
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