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Sodium-ion battery cell cost could drop to $40/kWh, says IRENA A report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) notes that while it is still uncertain whether sodium-ion batteries will become a disruptive alternative to lithium-ion technology, they could offer significant cost-saving opportunities in applications such as electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage.

Nov 28, 2025

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Massive 20 GWh sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant announced in China After last year’s slowdown, investment in China's sodium-ion battery sector is rebounding in 2025, and one of the biggest projects yet has now entered the development pipeline.

Nov 24, 2025

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Sodium-ion battery storage for ultra-low temperatures US researchers have developed a sodium-ion pouch cell that operates reliably at temperatures as low as -100 C. The battery was tested with simulated and real renewable energy sources, including wind and solar, and maintained stable performance in both laboratory and field conditions.

Nov 18, 2025

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‘It’s not a matter of sodium versus lithium, we need both’ A US research team has developed all-solid-state sodium batteries that retain performance down to subzero temperatures. The systems utilize a special chloride-based solid-electrolyte-coated cathode.

Emiliano Bellini

Nov 14, 2025

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Peak Energy to supply up to 4.75 GWh of sodium-ion batteries to Jupiter Power In a major milestone for the two-year-old Series A startup and the broader stationary energy storage sector, US-based Peak Energy has signed a supply agreement potentially worth more than $500 million.

Nov 13, 2025

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LG Chem, Sinopec to jointly develop sodium-ion battery materials With investment in the sodium-ion battery sector rebounding in 2025 after last year’s slowdown, two chemical heavyweights are partnering to develop cathode and anode materials for the emerging technology.

Nov 07, 2025

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Spanish start-up Bihar Batteries to commercialize sodium-ion batteries in 2026 The company has produced its first sodium-ion battery prototype and, in collaboration with Spanish research institute CIC energiGUNE, developed sodium-ion cell prototypes that have shown "very promising results".

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Nov 06, 2025

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“We are in the process of establishing a sodium-ion battery cell pilot line by 2026″: Macsen Labs CEO Achal Agrawal, CEO of Macsen Labs, a chemical company making bold strides into battery materials, speaks to pv magazine about the potential of sodium-ion batteries for energy storage, their journey developing Prussian White cathodes, and plans to scale this technology.

Aug 25, 2025

Finance

Energy storage finance fell 41%, year-to-June, despite rebound in project deals Political uncertainty and new trade tariffs have been cited by Mercom Capital Group as dampening activity.

Aug 20, 2025

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UCB Power and FAS launch sodium battery solar project in Amazon community It's Brazil’s first photovoltaic power plant with sodium battery storage, using 16 batteries for 38.40 kWh of overall storage.

Aug 12, 2025

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Peak Energy launches first U.S. grid-scale sodium-ion storage system In a shared pilot with utilities and IPPs, Peak Energy’s passively cooled sodium-ion system targets a 20% lifetime cost drop and a 33% cut in degradation over 20 years.

Jul 30, 2025

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Study: Copper doping unlocks stability in manganese cathodes for sodium-ion batteries Researchers at the Tokyo University of Science have shown that using copper can eliminate defects in sodium manganese oxide battery types, boosting battery cycle life.

Jul 16, 2025

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What’s behind the aging mechanism of sodium-ion batteries Researchers in China have used electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to analyze the state of health of sodium-ion batteries. Extracting four features from the measurements, they were able to create a machine learning model for a temperature-resistant state of health estimation method.

Jul 16, 2025

Flow batteries

US bets on fire-resilient batteries in latest $15m storage awards Non-lithium chemistry stands out as an attractive option for fire-resilient devices.

Jul 10, 2025

Manufacturing

‘Italy could have potassium battery gigafactory by 2030’ Polytechnic University of Turin professor Silvia Bodoardo told pv magazine Italia about the innovative battery projects her institution is working on.

Sergio Matalucci

Jul 09, 2025

R&D

US DOE awards $14m for unique energy storage systems for critical facilities and infrastructure The US Department of Energy's (DoE) Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) fund will back an organic quinone flow battery and an iron and sodium long duration energy storage (LDES) system in California, plus a lithium battery with a novel cathode material in New York state.

Jul 04, 2025

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