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NorthWestern Energy to Test Flywheel Energy’s Storage System

February 28, 2011 /

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The performance of NorthWestern Energy’s Mill Creek Generating Station has consistently met or exceeded all expectations in the weeks since it began operating west of Anaconda, Mont., and the company is already exploring the use of new technology to further enhance its performance.

NorthWestern has signed a 15-month lease with Beacon Power to test a 1 megawatt flywheel energy storage system at the plant. The system would be used in conjunction with Mill Creek’s mission to provide regulation resources to balance the company’s interconnected transmission grid operations in Montana.

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