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GE Launches Durathon Sodium-Metal Halide Battery for UPS Market

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GE has also introduced Durathon batteries for applications in the telecom and utility industries. Sodium battery technology has been in existence for more than 30 years, but GE’s acquisition of Beta R&D in 2007 jump-started applications for mobile and stationary energy storage. Sodium-metal halide cell basic chemistry.

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

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Total electricity production in the scenario more than doubles, from just under 20,000 TWh in 2007 to around 41,000 TWh in 2050. The obstacles to more rapid nuclear growth in the short- to medium-term are primarily policy-related, industrial and financial. Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). Sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR).

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