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Solid-state sodium-ion battery company LiNa Energy ( earlier post ) successfully completed an independent demonstration of its lithium-free sodium batteries for energystorage systems with commercial partner ion Ventures.
a leader in non-aqueous sodium-ion battery technolog ( earlier post ), announced a collaboration which combines Faradion’s IP with AMTE Power’s design and manufacturing capabilities. AMTE Power has branded its sodium-ion product “Ultra Safe” due to its improved safety and enhanced thermal stability.
Cheap and abundant, sodium is a promising candidate for new battery technology. However, the limited performance of sodium-ion batteries has hindered large-scale application. A paper on the work appears in Nature Energy. Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) have attracted worldwide attention for next-generation energystorage systems.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission today unveiled a utility-scale sodium-sulfur battery energystorage system ( earlier post ) pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. The system has a 4 megawatt capacity, and can store more than six hours of energy.
Xcel Energy has released the preliminary results from its wind-to-battery (W2B) storage project in Minnesota, and termed the technology successful. We have proved that this technology can perform the functions of storage that we were looking for to help us manage the variability of wind energy on our operating system.
Researchers led by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have extended the capacity and duration of sodium-aluminum batteries. The new sodium-based molten salt battery uses two distinct reactions. of peak charge capacity. mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2 —Weller et al.
The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems. New York State Electric & Gas Corporation.
The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 19 new projects to receive a total of $43 million to develop breakthrough energystorage technologies and support promising small businesses. Advanced Management And Protection Of Energy-Storage Devices (AMPED).
A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energystorage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energystorage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge.
Scheme of the new full sodium-ion battery, which combines an intercalation cathode and a conversion anode. The reported performance of the new Na-ion battery suggests that the sodium-ion system is a potentially promising power source for promoting the substantial use of low-cost energystorage systems in the near future, the team concluded.
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have devised an alloying strategy that enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at significantly lower temperatures. The new electrode enables sodium-beta batteries to last longer, helps streamline their manufacturing process and reduces the risk of accidental fire.
Researchers in South Korea have developed a novel high-energy cathode material, Na 1.5 F 0.7 , for sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries (NIBs). This new material provides an energy density of 600 Wh kg –1 , the highest value among Na-ion cathodes. Ragone plot for the new Na 1.5 cathode and other cathode materials for NIBs.
company, and a leading supplier of specialty batteries and energystorage solutions for the defense, aerospace, medical, commercial and grid energystorage markets, will receive a $3-million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to further develop their catalytic energystorage technology.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will award $8 million to help develop or commercialize 19 advanced energystorage projects. Integrating battery and ultra-capacitors on a common power circuit serving two renewable-energy generation sources. Murray, Jr., million in funding.
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According to a new report from Pike Research, worldwide installed revenues for stationary energystorage systems for the electricity grid will grow at a strong pace in the coming decade, increasing from $1.5 Worldwide installed revenue opportunity by energystorage on the grid (ESG) technology, 2010-2020.
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Schematic of a sodium-nickel chloride cell with planar design. A planar (flat) sodium-nickel chloride battery could deliver 30% more power at lower temperatures than the typical cylindrical design, according to researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Click to enlarge.
In its new report EnergyStorage on the Grid (ESG), Pike Research forecasts that global spending in the ESG market will reach a little over $22 billion over the next 10 years. Energystorage on the grid is reaching a turning point. Installed revenue by ESG technology, worldwide. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).
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Natron Energy , a developer of new battery cell technology based on Prussian Blue analogue electrodes and a sodium-ion electrolyte, has closed a strategic investment by Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) to support the development of stationary energystorage systems for demand charge management at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
Having crossed some technical hurdles, low cost sodium batteries are hurtling towards the market for grid energystorage, EVs, and more. The post Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain appeared first on CleanTechnica.
CEEC Jena will focus on three types of batteries: organic radical batteries, redox flow batteries and high-temperature batteries (such as sodium-sulfur batteries), with applications for the latter two targeted at energystorage from renewable generation.
Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. Thus, further research is required to find better sodium host materials. Thus, further research is required to find better sodium host materials.
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Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, will acquire 100% shareholding in sodium-ion battery developer Faradion Limited ( earlier post ) for an enterprise value of £100 million (US$135 million). Sodium is the sixth-most abundant element on the planet.
Haldor Topsøe A/S, a global market leader in catalysis and related process technologies, recently acquired 18% of the shares in sodium-ion battery technology company Faradion Ltd, based in Sheffield, UK. Other partners in the investment included Finance Yorkshire’s Seedcorn Fund and Rising Stars Growth Fund II LP.
Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have found a way to process biomass-derived natural silk to create carbon-based nanosheets that could potentially be used in Li-ion batteries and other energystorage devices. through a facile synthesis route for highly efficient energystorage devices. —Hou et al.
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The LDH sorbent is made up of layers of the materials, separated by water molecules and hydroxide ions that create space, allowing lithium chloride to enter more readily than other ions such as sodium and potassium. In a bench-scale demonstration, the LDH sorbent recovered more than 91% of lithium from a simulated brine.
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The extent to which renewables should dominate Australia’s energy grids is a major issue in science and politics. But limits to these technologies can undermine the case for a renewables-only electricity mix. But a new way to firm up the world’s electricity grids is fast developing: sodium-ion batteries.
The extent to which renewables should dominate Australia’s energy grids is a major issue in science and politics. But limits to these technologies can undermine the case for a renewables-only electricity mix. But a new way to firm up the world’s electricity grids is fast developing: sodium-ion batteries.
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