Flexible Power for a Fast-Changing Future

The stakes have rarely been higher for electric companies. The U.S. power system is experiencing intense demand growth, supply chain delays, and a rapidly changing policy environment. Suddenly, companies are expected to interconnect new demand and generation quickly wherever it’s needed, solve complex supply chain issues, and meet ever-changing regulations, all while maintaining affordability and reliability.

Fast-changing system demands, driven by electrification and the rise of artificial intelligence data center growth, require a new class of solutions. Flexible planning capabilities like just-in-time capacity, surplus interconnection processes, and novel tariff structures and commercial constructs are increasingly valuable in the face of unprecedented uncertainty and change.

In short, flexibility and speed are critical for companies to succeed in an increasingly dynamic era. Innovative technologies like Mainspring Energy’s linear generator deliver new capabilities that enable companies to meet the moment now.

Move Faster

• Build “just-in-time” modular capacity wherever it is needed to alleviate system constraints.
• Obtain air permits close to demand and in nonattainment areas (<1.5 parts per million nitrogen oxide emissions [NOx] without after-treatment).
• Bypass congested supply chains for high-voltage transmission equipment.

Increase Reliability

• Leverage fuel flexibility to reduce fuel supply risks with a wide option of fuels: natural gas, propane, biogas, hydrogen, or ammonia.
• Use modularity to affordably obtain very high levels of reliability, especially where fixed gas supply is unavailable.

Explore New Ownership and Commercial Pathways

• Company ownership of power island: Bridge power for connecting the data center in the short run and peaking dispatch in the long run.
• Constructs to provide interruptible supply of power to expedite connections and economic development.

Mainspring’s linear generator is designed to give companies ultimate flexibility to solve the most challenging grid constraints, from end-of-line power quality to rampant demand growth in metropolitan areas and fuel-based long-duration energy storage.

Regardless of the policy environment, companies powered by Mainspring gain field-proven power generation with future-proof fuel optionality—and ultra-low NOx, particulate matter, and volatile organic compound emissions—integrated into a highly efficient and operationally flexible product with extremely fast start-up time and near instantaneous ramping capability.

Mainspring is working with the industry to meet the challenges of intense demand growth and evolving system needs while ensuring that infrastructure investments deliver fast, reliable, and affordable solutions today and beyond. Learn more at mainspringenergy.com/contact.