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The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has successfully deployed a power boosting and management product that will enable ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging in grid-constrained locations. ZOOZ Power, a winner of the Governor’s 2022 New York-Israel Smart Energy Innovation Challenge, collaborated with NYPA to develop a charging product that incorporates energy storage and management technology to help advance the State’s ambitious clean energy agenda.
ZOOZ’s kinetic power booster provides supplemental power to EV fast chargers to enable ultra-fast charging in locations where the grid is power-constrained. By storing electricity in the form of kinetic energy and using special energy management capabilities, the firm’s groundbreaking flywheel technology provides a sustainable and safe power-boosting solution.
The ZOOZ power booster uses a steel flywheel that rotates up to 17,000 rounds per minute, providing >200,000 high-power charge and discharge cycles, with over a 15-year lifespan. The flywheel levitates on magnetic bearings in a sealed vacuum environment, minimizing friction and energy loss while significantly extending the efficiency and lifetime of the flywheel.
The ZOOZ power booster and accompanying ultra-fast EV charger were installed at one of the Power Authority’s fleet charging stations in Marcy in Oneida County. The demonstration will inform further buildout of the technology.
The 2022 New York-Israel Smart Energy Innovation Challenge was jointly organized by the Israel Smart Energy Association (ISEA) and NYPA. It called on new energy innovators based in Israel to develop a product that could help advance New York’s climate and clean energy goals. ZOOZ was awarded $1 million and granted the opportunity to work with NYPA on a product that would successfully integrate an EV fast charger — enhanced by the firm’s power booster — with a local power grid.
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