Revterra
Revterra revolutionizes grid resilience with its proprietary kinetic stabilizer, offering an immediate, scalable solution for grid stabilization, enhanced resilience, and reduced reliance on costly power electronics. Their industrial-scale modules provide 2 MW of power and store up to 100 kWh of energy each, with the ability to scale to any project size. The system uses a low-cost steel flywheel to store kinetic energy and features passive magnetic levitation for a stable, no-contact bearing system with minimal wear. Revterra's technology boasts a category-leading 90% round-trip efficiency, an instantaneous response time (<10 ms with power electronics), and over 40,000 lifetime cycles (20+ years), significantly outperforming chemical batteries. Their applications include commercial/industrial backup, AI datacenter transient power protection, rapid EV charging, grid inertia, renewables and storage integration, peak-load shifting, energy arbitrage, microgrids, and distributed energy resources. The company emphasizes its environmentally-friendly approach using recycled steel and a secure domestic supply chain.
Revterra
Revterra revolutionizes grid resilience with its proprietary kinetic stabilizer, offering an immediate, scalable solution for grid stabilization, enhanced resilience, and reduced reliance on costly power electronics. Their industrial-scale modules provide 2 MW of power and store up to 100 kWh of energy each, with the ability to scale to any project size. The system uses a low-cost steel flywheel to store kinetic energy and features passive magnetic levitation for a stable, no-contact bearing system with minimal wear. Revterra's technology boasts a category-leading 90% round-trip efficiency, an instantaneous response time (<10 ms with power electronics), and over 40,000 lifetime cycles (20+ years), significantly outperforming chemical batteries. Their applications include commercial/industrial backup, AI datacenter transient power protection, rapid EV charging, grid inertia, renewables and storage integration, peak-load shifting, energy arbitrage, microgrids, and distributed energy resources. The company emphasizes its environmentally-friendly approach using recycled steel and a secure domestic supply chain.
TL;DR
Product: Modular industrial-scale flywheel kinetic energy storage modules (~2 MW, ~100 kWh each) using passive magnetic levitation
Claims: ~90% round-trip efficiency, >40,000 cycles, <10 ms response
Headquarters: Houston, Texas
Team size (reported): 9 employees
Total funding (reported): USD 6,240,000 (last funding 2022-10-12)
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Grid resilience, power quality/transient protection, energy storage for high-power/short-duration applications
Industry
Clean energy / energy storage
Funding Track Record
USD 6,240,000.00
Last funding date reported alongside total funding amount