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Biwatt launches commercial sodium-ion energy storage product The manufacturer has unveiled a 155 kWh sodium-ion battery energy storage system for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers.

May 15, 2025

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Consultation over 5 GWh French sodium-ion battery factory Startup Tiamat wants an initial 700 MWh-per-year pilot line operational but a 2025 commissioning date will likely be pushed back into next year.

Apr 25, 2025

Fire risk and safety

UL battery safety standard updated for new storage chemistries Underwriters Laboratories (UL) says the fifth edition of its ANSI/CAN/UL 9540A standard addresses technology such as sodium-ion batteries and new use-cases including rooftop installations.

Apr 17, 2025

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Inlyte Energy moves toward US manufacture of iron-sodium batteries The startup’s collaboration with Swiss company Horien Salt Battery Solutions is set to accelerate the commercialization of its low-cost, long-duration energy storage (LDES) technology.

Mar 31, 2025

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China announces procurement of sodium-ion batteries with price ceiling at $150/kWh The innovative project located in a suburban district in the south of Shanghai will integrate five different energy storage technologies, including sodium-ion batteries. Its first phase will have a cumulative capacity of 40 MW/160 MWh.

Mar 24, 2025

Industry

Australia’s Altech secures permit to build sodium-ion battery factory in Germany The German subsidiary of the Perth-based sodium chloride solid-state battery specialist is moving ahead with its plans to build a 120 MWh production plant in Saxony, Germany. The project is expected to amount to around €156 million ($170 million).

Mar 19, 2025

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Estonia’s Freen launches 10 kWh residential sodium-ion battery – updated with price The new home energy storage solution from Estonia's Freen is based on sodium-ion battery chemistry and can be coupled with both rooftop PV and small wind turbines.

Mar 18, 2025

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New sodium-ion developments from CATL, BYD, Huawei Sodium-ion batteries are undergoing a critical period of commercialization with Chinese cleantech juggernauts actively working on their products.

Nov 28, 2024

Manufacturing

EU expects battery pack price of less than $100/kWh by 2026/27 The prediction was included in the "Battery technology in the European Union: 2024 status report on technological development, trends, value chains and markets" report, by the EU Clean Energy Technology Observatory (CETO).

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Nov 26, 2024

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New research optimizes energy density in sodium-ion batteries A machine learning model has identified as the optimum composition to attain the highest energy density for sodium-ion batteries.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Nov 07, 2024

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Reliance New Energy acquires sodium-ion battery maker Faradion Reliance Industries, India's largest private company, has acquired UK-based sodium-ion battery firm Faradion for $136 million

Reliance New Energy

Oct 30, 2024

Industry

Sembcorp to expand Southeast Asia’s biggest battery storage site Built across two sites on Jurong Island, Sembcorp's lithium ion battery storage system will now be expanded to 311 MWh. Meanwhile, Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) has awarded grants to local sodium-ion and vanadium-flow specialists in a bid to enhance grid stability, also via underground system deployment.

Oct 24, 2024

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Altris secures funding to grow Europe’s sodium-ion battery value chain While the excitement around sodium-ion battery technology has subsided with lithium-ion prices in free fall, some technology proponents are garnering fresh cash.

Oct 11, 2024

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Varta coordinates German sodium-ion battery research A 15-member industrial-academic consortium wants to develop cost-effective cell chemistry for industrial sodium-ion batteries. Germany's ministry of research is providing €7.5 million ($8.36 million) funding.

Sandra Enkhardt

Sep 25, 2024

Offgrid

UCB to deploy sodium-ion batteries for remote Amazon community The project involves 48 V sodium batteries, each capable of storing the equivalent of 38.4 kWh. The stored energy will power a school, health center, and community leisure areas for around 30 families. UCB will produce the batteries in Brazil's Manaus Free Trade Zone.

Sep 19, 2024

Industry

Large-capacity battery storage, variety of C&I solutions at China’s EESA EXPO This year’s edition of the China International Energy Storage Expo (EESA EXPO) has underlined the latest energy density achievements in the battery energy storage space on both cell and system levels. Meanwhile, the sheer number of commercial and industrial (C&I) systems on display spoke of growing demand in this market segment. Alternative lithium-ion battery chemistries were not easy to find.

Sep 17, 2024

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