Energy, Molten Salt and Sodium

Sumitomo considering marketing new lower-temperature molten-salt electrolyte battery to automakers for EVs and hybrids

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Construction of the molten-salt electrolyte battery. is considering targeting its lower-temperature molten-salt electrolyte battery, being developed in partnership with Kyoto University ( earlier post ), to makers of electric and hybrid passenger cars, according to Bloomberg. Source: Sumitomo. Click to enlarge.

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New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

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MARCH 2, 2023

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. The team previously reported a neutral molten salt reaction.

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Report: Sumitomo and Kyoto University developing lower temperature molten-salt battery; about 10% the cost of Li-ion

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MARCH 4, 2011

in partnership with Kyoto University, has developed a lower temperature molten-salt rechargeable battery that promises to cost only about 10% as much as lithium ion batteries. Molten-salt batteries use highly conductive molten salts as an electrolyte, and can offer high energy and power densities.

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UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

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MARCH 11, 2023

Tests conducted by Titirici Group , a multidisciplinary research team based at Imperial College London, have found that a novel carbon nanotube electrode material derived from CO 2 —produced by Estonian nanotech company UP Catalyst ( earlier post )—enhances the cyclability of sodium-ion batteries. From every 3.7

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GE to expand sodium-halide battery plant with $70M investment

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JULY 10, 2012

GE will invest an additional $70 million to expand its sodium-halide battery manufacturing plant in New York, which is part of the company’s new Energy Storage business. The batteries thus are produced using abundantly available raw materials such as salt and nickel and are non-toxic and fully recyclable.

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GE Launches Durathon Sodium-Metal Halide Battery for UPS Market

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MAY 18, 2010

GE Energy Storage Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation, introduced its Durathon sodium-metal halide battery ( earlier post ) for critical backup power. Sodium-metal halide cell basic chemistry. GE is also using the technology to develop advanced transportation energy storage systems.

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Molten-Salt Battery Freezes Energy Over a Whole Season

Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2022

Scientists have been looking for solutions in gravity energy storage , thermal or geothermal storage , and also molten-salt batteries. A recent study from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) looks at molten-salt batteries that can “freeze” their charge for months until required.

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UCSD researchers improve method to recycle and renew used cathodes from Li-ion batteries via eutectic molten salts

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APRIL 18, 2019

The new process is safer and uses less energy than their previous method ( earlier post ) in restoring cathodes to their original capacity and cycle performance. Zheng Chen, a professor of nanoengineering who is affiliated with the Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego, led the project. Energy Mater. O 2 (0 Adv.

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ARPA-E awards $38M to 12 projects leading used nuclear fuel recycling initiative

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award $38 million to 12 projects that will work to reduce the impacts of light-water reactor used nuclear fuel (UNF) disposal. Earlier post.) It is later removed from the pools and placed into dry storage casks with protective shielding.

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Lux Research: grid storage battery cost to fall to $500/kWh by 2022, short of expectations

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JULY 4, 2012

Lithium-ion and molten-salt battery costs will approach $500/kWh by 2022, reducing the high capital cost of emerging grid storage technologies. Molten-salt batteries hold the most potential to be the cheapest large-scale systems, with manufacturing improvements playing the largest role, accounting for 95% of the cost reduction.

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CEA spins out two SMR start-ups: Hexana and Stellaria

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MARCH 12, 2023

The CEA, France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, has spun out two start-ups—Hexana and Stellaria—to develop small fourth-generation modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). Hexana aims to implement a fast neutron and sodium-cooled reactor, integrating a high-temperature storage device.

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Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 14, 2024

Having crossed some technical hurdles, low cost sodium batteries are hurtling towards the market for grid energy storage, EVs, and more. The post Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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PNNL: single-crystal nickel-rich cathode holds promise for next-generation Li-ion batteries

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) report new findings about how to make a single-crystal, nickel-rich cathode hardier and more efficient. Researchers are working on ways to store more energy in the cathode materials by increasing nickel content.

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BASF announces winners of the open innovation contest on energy storage

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

BASF announced the winners of the BASF Energy Contest at the “Creator Space Summit” in Ludwigshafen. The winning concepts were: A molten air battery that uses a molten salt electrolyte at elevated temperature from Professor Stuart Licht at George Washington University.

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TerraPower closes $750M fundraise; SK invests $250M

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AUGUST 16, 2022

SK Group is among South Korea’s largest energy providers and the second-largest conglomerate. This fundraise enhances TerraPower’s work in advanced nuclear energy technologies and nuclear medicine. The fundraise was co-led by SK Inc. and SK Innovation (collectively, SK) and TerraPower’s founder Bill Gates. SK invested $250 million.

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3 MIT-led teams win DOE NEUP funding for next-gen nuclear technologies

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OCTOBER 11, 2014

Three MIT-led research teams have won awards from the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Programs ( NEUP ) initiative to support research and development on the next generation of nuclear technologies. Fluoride-salt High-Temperature Reactor.

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Natrium reactor demonstration project slated for Wyoming

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JUNE 4, 2021

The Natrium technology has a 345MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt-based integrated energy storage system that will provide clean, flexible energy and stability for the grid. The goal was investigate advanced fission reactors for world-scale energy production.

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Lux: Li-ion dominating grid storage market with 90% of 2014 proposals

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MARCH 5, 2015

Molten salt batteries still account for a majority of installations by energy capacity, because of NGK Insulators’ early lead, but are no longer the technology of choice, according to Lux. Japan maintained its lead in installed energy storage capacity with 1,174 MWh. Among their findings: Japan and the US hold the lead.

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Sadoway and MIT team demonstrate calcium-metal-based liquid metal battery

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MARCH 23, 2016

MIT professor Donald Sadoway and his team have demonstrated a long-cycle-life calcium-metal-based liquid-metal rechargeable battery for grid-scale energy storage, overcoming the problems that have precluded the use of the element: its high melting temperature, high reactivity and unfavorably high solubility in molten salts.

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Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. So what exactly is energy storage?

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Salt to make EV batteries cheaper and powerful

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MARCH 7, 2011

Electric car batteries using molten salt could be significantly cheaper but offer twice the energy of their lithium-ion counterparts according to Sumitomo Electric Industries. The Japanese electrics firm has teamed up with Kyoto University to produced a sodium-based electrolyte that works at temperatures of only 80 deg Celcius.

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The world’s only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming

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JUNE 11, 2024

Construction will begin in 2025 on the “energy island,” where the steam turbines and other machinery that generate power will be. TerraPower is in a private-public partnership with the US Department of Energy on this project, as well as with power company PacifiCorp. Get started here.

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Western Hydrogen produces first hydrogen from Molten Salt Gasification pilot plant

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Molten Salt Gasification Process. Western Hydrogen Limited reported first production of hydrogen from its Molten Salt Gasification (MSG) pilot plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The MSG process occurs in a single high-pressure reactor in which a carbon-based feedstock and water react with a molten salt bath.

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Ceramatec licensing molten sodium technology for heavy oil upgrading; removing the need for diluent for bitumen

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APRIL 10, 2013

Flowchart of Molten Sodium Upgrading process. An innovative oil-upgrading technology that can increase the economics of unconventional petroleum resources has been developed under a US Department of Energy-funded project. Flowchart of molten salt gasification process. Source: Field Upgrading. Click to enlarge.

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Hydro-Québec and Technifin form partnership to license lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies for Li-ion battery applications

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

Zaghib currently serves as Administrator of the energy storage and conversion unit at Hydro-Québec. It primarily exploits renewable generating options, in particular hydropower, and supports the development of wind energy through purchases from independent power producers. Karim Zaghib at Hydro-Québec’s research institute, IREQ.

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IEA/OECD Report Concludes Nuclear Power Could Provide 24% of Global Electricity by 2050

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JUNE 19, 2010

Almost one-quarter of global electricity could be generated from nuclear power by 2050, making a major contribution to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Nuclear Energy Technology Roadmap, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Molten Salt Reactor (MSR).

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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JULY 10, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). The TCF was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to promote promising energy technologies. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash.

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Sumitomo considering marketing new lower-temperature molten-salt electrolyte battery to automakers for EVs and hybrids

New long-duration, extended capacity Na-Al battery design for grid storage

Report: Sumitomo and Kyoto University developing lower temperature molten-salt battery; about 10% the cost of Li-ion

UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

GE to expand sodium-halide battery plant with $70M investment

GE Launches Durathon Sodium-Metal Halide Battery for UPS Market

Molten-Salt Battery Freezes Energy Over a Whole Season

UCSD researchers improve method to recycle and renew used cathodes from Li-ion batteries via eutectic molten salts

ARPA-E awards $38M to 12 projects leading used nuclear fuel recycling initiative

Lux Research: grid storage battery cost to fall to $500/kWh by 2022, short of expectations

CEA spins out two SMR start-ups: Hexana and Stellaria

Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain

PNNL: single-crystal nickel-rich cathode holds promise for next-generation Li-ion batteries

BASF announces winners of the open innovation contest on energy storage

TerraPower closes $750M fundraise; SK invests $250M

3 MIT-led teams win DOE NEUP funding for next-gen nuclear technologies

Natrium reactor demonstration project slated for Wyoming

Lux: Li-ion dominating grid storage market with 90% of 2014 proposals

Sadoway and MIT team demonstrate calcium-metal-based liquid metal battery

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

Salt to make EV batteries cheaper and powerful

The world’s only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming

Western Hydrogen produces first hydrogen from Molten Salt Gasification pilot plant

Ceramatec licensing molten sodium technology for heavy oil upgrading; removing the need for diluent for bitumen

Hydro-Québec and Technifin form partnership to license lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies for Li-ion battery applications

IEA/OECD Report Concludes Nuclear Power Could Provide 24% of Global Electricity by 2050

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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