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My old company had flywheel generators - since those didn't generate pollution they all were located inside

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• Narkov 4y ago
  Flywheel generators or UPS? AFAIK, flywheels are only temporary energy stores while diesel gensets are spun up to peak power.
  • gumby 4y ago
    They are also used as frequency/power regulators (or for high power phase conversion, unlikely in a data center)
  • slenk 4y ago
    Flywheel while the diesel gennies spun up
  • c_o_n_v_e_x 4y ago
    DRUPS - Dynamic rotary UPS. It provides enough energy for your ride-through period until your gensets are up and the power quality is good.