Pentadyne Wins GoingGreen Award
Chatsworth, California, United States September 4, 2008

Pentadyne Power Corporation, the world leader in flywheel energy storage systems, has been named to the 2008 GoingGreen Top 100, which signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the green technology industries.

The award is presented by AlwaysOn, publisher of AOmagazine and host of the AlwaysOn web media network.

“Pentadyne was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team, and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value and media buzz,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn.

“The GoingGreen Top 100 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global clean energy technology markets,” said Perkins. “We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and systems that are driving the next phase of greentech innovation and transforming the biggest industries on earth.”

The GoingGreen Top 100 award winners will be honored at the September 15-17 GoingGreen Conference in San Francisco, presented by AlwaysOn, Scientific American and Morgan Stanley.

“This great new award, coming on the heels of Pentadyne being named to the world-renowned Inc. 500 List, is further recognition of the growth, innovation and environmental responsibility that our company has embodied since its inception.”

Pentadyne is the world’s leading manufacturer of flywheel energy storage systems used for energy recycling applications and to replace hundreds of lead-acid batteries used with large-scale (uninterruptible power supply) UPS systems. Pentadyne flywheels deliver an order of magnitude greater reliability than batteries, near-zero maintenance and have a footprint and lifecycle cost less than half that of batteries. Using 90% less power than other flywheels, this environmentally responsible system is sold by several of the world’s leading UPS manufacturers. An ISO-9001-certified company, Pentadyne designs and manufactures its products in Greater Los Angeles.

Source: Pentadyne