Power grid stabilization system utilizing two generators mechanically linked via continuous variable transmission

A method of rapidly compensating for changing load requirements of a power grid, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing electrical energy to the power grid from a first generator, the first generator having a rotor and being mechanically linked to a turbine driven by a boiler, the rotor of the first generator being also mechanically linked to a rotor of a second generator via a continuously variable transmission, wherein the rotor of the second generator is configured as a flywheel to store mechanical energy received from the first generator in the rotation of the flywheel-configured rotor of the second generator;
• monitoring power consumption of the power grid;
• monitoring power production of a first generator;
• adjusting the one or more continuously variable transmissions to transfer additional mechanical energy from the flywheel-configured rotor of the second generator to the rotor of the first generator when the power consumption of the power grid exceeds the power production of the first generator;
• and
• adjusting the one or more continuously variable transmissions to transfer additional mechanical energy from the rotor of the first generator to the flywheel-configured rotor of the second generator when the power production of the first generator exceeds the power consumption of the power grid.

A power grid stabilization system for use in stabilizing the output of a first generator in response to variable demands placed on the first generator by the power grid, wherein the first generator includes a first generator rotor mechanically linked to a turbine driven by a boiler and in electric communication with the power grid, the power grid stabilization system comprising:

• a second generator rotor configured as a flywheel, wherein the second generator rotor is part of a second generator that is not directly mechanically linked to the turbine and is not in electric communication with the power grid;
• and
• a continuously variable transmission connected between the first generator rotor and the flywheel-configured second generator rotor, wherein the continuously variable transmission is configured to transfer excess mechanical energy from the first generator rotor to the flywheel-configured second generator rotor when the output of the first generator exceeds the demand of the power grid on the first generator, wherein the excess mechanical energy is stored in the rotation of the flywheel-configured second generator rotor as kinetic flywheel energy that can be transferred back to the first generator rotor through the continuously variable transmission to stabilize the rotational speed of the first generator rotor in response to an increased demand by the power grid on the first generator.