Last Thursday, 15 December, QuinteQ Energy and Port of Rotterdam have signed a letter of intent to jointly find pilot opportunities in the port of Rotterdam to help get the port to a zero emission port. The Port of Rotterdam Authority is facing a huge challenge, as it has serious ambitions in reducing their CO2…
DetailsGround-breaking energy storage technology will give old fossil power plants a new future as green batteries. The springboard is a new joint European project in Bornholm, Denmark, which aims to show that long-term storage of wind and solar energy is possible on a large scale. The goal is to lower the price of storage significantly,…
DetailsJr. Application Engineer Function: Application Engineer Education: Bachelor/Master Hours: Full-time Location: Waalwijk/Arnhem, The Netherlands You are an innovator. A visionary ready to turn ideas into reality. Equipped with your unique skillset, you will help create the first series of QuinteQ Flywheel Energy Storage Systems at the forefront of global energy transition. Are you up…
DetailsQuinteQ Energy wil globale speler worden met ’s werelds meest geavanceerde kinetische batterij In de rubriek ‘In the game’ besteedt Storage Magazine aandacht aan een bedrijf dat de markt wil veroveren met een nieuw product. Ditmaal Paul Vosbeek van QuinteQ Energy over zijn vliegwieltechnologie. Waar begint het verhaal van QuinteQ Energy? ‘In Californië. Ik werkte…
DetailsQuinteQ Energy, provider of the world’s most advanced flywheel energy storage & supply solution, has been accepted into the Virtual Accelerator of the Make Next Platform. Make Next Platform was founded in 2016 by world leading Dutch companies ASML, Huisman, Vanderlande and Thales NL and the Stichting Technology Rating. Together they support young, innovative, promising…
DetailsJr. Application Engineer Function: Application Engineer Education: Bachelor/Master Hours: Full-time Location: Waalwijk/Arnhem, The Netherlands You are an innovator. A visionary ready to turn ideas into reality. Equipped with your unique skillset, you will help create the first series of QuinteQ Flywheel Energy Storage Systems at the forefront of global energy transition. Are you up…
DetailsEnergy Storage NL verbindt bedrijven, kennisinstellingen, overheden en financiers op een betekenisvolle manier met elkaar, deelt kennis en is het centrale aanspreekpunt voor overheden. Hiermee willen ze de ontwikkeling van opslagtechnologie ondersteunen en een bijdrage leveren aan een succesvolle energietransitie. Margien Storm van Leeuwen: “Het besef groeit dat opslagtechnologie een belangrijke sleutel is in onze energietransitie. De…
DetailsQuinteQ Energy is now ready to make the next step in the development of its electrical storage system for high power peaks, high cycle requirements and conditions where other storage solutions cannot operate. Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Milano, Italy Today, QuinteQ Energy, provider of the world’s most advanced flywheel technology, has entered into an…
DetailsQuinteQ was covered in the popular Dutch science magazine Quest with the following article. A nice and easy read of our purpose and journey. (Sorry in Dutch only..) Soms wordt er meer energie geproduceerd dan het stroomnet aankan. En soms is er meer stroom nodig dan het net kan leveren. Met het vliegwiel van het…
DetailsTo get back into the groove, post-holidays, this is us featured in a television program which was aired last year and in which we share our vision on the energy market, microgrids and how our flywheel technology can play into these changing dynamics in support of the decarbonization, decentralization and democratization of the energy system.
At a time where the news cycles are focused on the world’s biggest billionaires venturing out into space, Paul explains how QuinteQ is bringing a high-tech energy storage technology designed for space, down to earth to help move the energy transition forward on this planet. Paul is explaining to a collected audience including Focco Vijselaar,…
DetailsAs of June 2021 QuinteQ will be one of the first development partners of the brand new Fieldlab Industrial Electrification (FLIE) in Rotterdam. QuinteQ, the Dutch developer and producer of the most advanced, frictionless flywheel, based on a superconducting crystal, will be able to set up its first pilots in the South Holland region in…
DetailsQuinteQ Energy is proud to announce a Defense Technology Program contract with the Dutch Ministry of Defense. The scope of the award is the test & demonstration of QuinteQ’s flywheel energy storage systems to stabilize and optimize energy systems in land based operations. In line with the Defense Energy and Environmental Strategy (DEOS), it is…
DetailsMaybe it has to do with something like Karma, or fate, or just dumb luck. How do you join two threads in a life seeming to be headed in opposite directions, an amateur environmentalist with a high tech degree? Take a third generation Boeing alumni who grew up in the Pacific Northwest of the United…
DetailsAs of this week, I was the second “new” face in QuinteQ who will be working for QuinteQ Energy. I put the word ‘new’ in brackets here, because some may already know that I already did some small work for the team before I got the opportunity to make the jump for full time. I…
DetailsYesterday I embarked on a new path in my career; I am happy to share with you that I joined the QuinteQ company in the role of Chief Commercial Officer. In addition to being active in business development and sales of the QuinteQ flywheels, I expect to focus on the new sister company selling storage-as-service…
DetailsMargien Storm van Leeuwen joins QuinteQ as CCO and Timo Pauel joins QuinteQ as BD Manager QuinteQ Energy, a Dutch flywheel manufacturer that brings to market the world’s most advanced flywheel technology based on superconductive crystal bearings, is scaling its team. As of June 1, 2021 Margien Storm van Leeuwen is joining QuinteQ to assume…
DetailsTo be honest, university took me a bit longer than my parents had anticipated. I did many things ‘on the side’ that were quite remote from what was in the curriculum. Upgrading the bits and bobs in my PC myself, to stretch it’s life and save cost is not too exotic though for a student.…
DetailsThis is the first of a series of messages and updates you will be getting from us at QuinteQ to take you along in the journey of our past, presence and future. We will do that by sharing snippets of background and insights from the people behind the company, by sharing some of the amazing…
DetailsQuinteQ Energy from Nijmegen has acquired a unique technology from Boeing for the storage of energy in the form of an ultra-efficient and therefore economical flywheel. To further develop its technology, QuinteQ receives funding from the Innovation Fund ION +, an innovation fund for SMEs in Gelderland, which actively supports the transition to a low-carbon…
DetailsThis article (in Dutch) gives a nice short peak into the energy transition taking place at the Dutch Ministry of Defense. Our partners from the Energy Transition team and Concept Development & Experimentation are doing great work towards greening the armed forces and we are very appreciative and proud that our flywheels are offered the…
DetailsQuinteQ selected as one of the 28 Most Promising Dutch Impact Ventures “QuinteQ Energy B.V. introducing the world’s most advanced Flywheel Energy Storage Solution, developed by the Boeing Company, brought to market by QuinteQ, made in the Netherlands.” Here’s the link to the original article: https://getinthering.co/netherlands-30-impact-startups-invited-for-dealmaking-meetings/
DetailsIt’s a wrap and that was a lot of fun! Great session with a solid group of people involved in the energy transition and the key role that energy storage plays in that dynamic. We could have easily spend several hours as there is a lot more to discuss, align and bring together and therefore…
DetailsThe Next Big Thing in Energy A nice recap of our Microgrid event on Sept 15 and a nice sneak peek into what to expect during the Deep Dive on Sept 29 2020
DetailsEurope is a global leader on large-scale renewable energy such as offshore wind farms and frugal when it comes to energy consumption. However, it is not a hotspot for microgrid deployments. There are several reasons for this: The European grid is extremely reliable, so while power outages drive microgrid adoption in the US, they largely…
DetailsQuinteQ Energy on winning the Enpuls Challenge
Explanation High Temperature Super Conductive Bearing by Wouter Biemans
Paul Vosbeek was interviewed by clean energy icon Julien Uhlig, kicking around key-insights into #energystorage, #flywheels in general and #quinteq energy’s unique value proposition. Thank you @julienuhlig and #flywheelsforever!
As appeared in the construction magazine ‘Bouwen in het Oosten’ Getting a Grip on Microgrids with a Stable Energy Supply Introducing a new generation of flywheel technology For twelve and a half years Paul Vosbeek worked as a Cleantech entrepreneur in the US. In that role, he came into contact with the Boeing R&D department…
Details‘ons vliegwiel versnelt de transitie’ Energieopslag is een van de uitdagingen binnen de energietransitie. Hoe kun je energie opslaan zonder energieverlies? Enpuls Challenge winnaar QuinteQ Energy timmert aan de weg met een innovatie uit Amerika. ‘Wij introduceren het meest geavanceerde vliegwiel ter wereld.’ Maart 2020 Een interview met QuinteQ Energy mede-oprichter Paul Vosbeek Paul Vosbeek…
DetailsNijmegen, November 1, 2019 QuinteQ leads the charge with flywheel technology for energy storage and fluctuations in microgrids QuinteQ is leading an innovative flywheel technology consortium for energy storage and fluctuations in microgrids. The Dutch government must reduce its CO2 emissions by 80-95 percent by 2050. Energy generated from fossil sources must be replaced by…
DetailsOne size does not fit all.. As lovely as it would be, one size will not fit all energy storage requirements. Fortunately the industry is developing an array of storage solutions which can be fit together to give us the storage solutions we need. The end result will be Hybrid Energy Storage Systems (HESS) with…
DetailsQuinteQ has won the Enpuls Challenge 2019! This annual challenge issued by Dutch grid company Enpuls is designed to support and drive forward the business case development for the energy transition. QuinteQ and Sobolt win Enpuls Challenge QuinteQ, specialist in energy storage and Sobolt, data expert for a sustainable future are the winners of…
DetailsQuinteQ awarded MIT Feasibility Grant QuinteQ has been awarded an MIT Feasibility Grant from the Dutch Government to investigate and validate its market assumptions and determine its optimal market positioning. The scope of this grant is perfectly aligned with the current core focus and will be a catalyst for the market entry success of QuinteQ…
DetailsFrom Tuesday, March 19 to Thursday March 21 2019 QuinteQ was part of the Global Energy Storage Call, organized by Innoenergy. Selected from over 250 companies from all over the world, QuinteQ was selected together with 20 other companies jointly making up the top 10% best of breed companies in energy storage. Although we did…
DetailsOn Monday, March 4 2019 QuinteQ had the honor to present its Flywheel Energy Storage innovation to State Secretary Mona Keijzer of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs & Climate Policy. QuinteQ was one of three Dutch companies invited by the Boeing Company and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and as an…
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