Flywheels could be the key component in speeding up EV fast-charger roll-out, with a UK firm already developing a reliable solution
Where they could shine, though, is as energy storage systems – mechanical batteries attached to ultra-rapid chargers.
There’s enough power in the UK grid as a whole to cover EV expansion, and National Grid has published a report on how it plans to make sure there is. Flywheel systems have the advantage that they can build up a store of energy relatively slowly, drawing on existing grid power, but then release much higher levels of energy as a kind of boost once they’re ‘charged up’. That means a 350kW ultra-rapid charger could be installed in conjunction with a flywheel storage system without the slow, disruptive and expensive upgrades to the local electricity network.
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