Energy, Energy Storage, Molten Salt and Sodium

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.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Grid Design Sodium

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.

Molten Salt

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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

Carbon

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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.

Lithium Ion

Lithium Ion Sodium Supplies Energy Storage

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. Battery storage.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Molten Salt Energy Future

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.

Energy Storage

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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.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Wyoming Sodium Energy Storage

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.

Sodium

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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.

Sodium

Sodium Molten Salt Batteries Battery

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.

Wyoming

Wyoming Molten Salt Coal Sodium

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

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MARCH 5, 2015

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have become the dominant new technology in grid storage, capturing a 90% share of systems proposed last year, according to analysts at Lux Research. Li-ion accounted for 419 MW and 1,555 MWh of proposed storage systems in 2014. Japan maintained its lead in installed energy storage capacity with 1,174 MWh.

Li-ion

Li-ion Molten Salt Grid 2014

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.

Lithium Titanate

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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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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.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt MIT Batteries Battery

EV Driven

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

Molten-Salt Battery Freezes Energy Over a Whole Season

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

Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain

Energy storage: the key to a decarbonised future

BASF announces winners of the open innovation contest on energy storage

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

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

GE Launches Durathon Sodium-Metal Halide Battery for UPS Market

Natrium reactor demonstration project slated for Wyoming

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

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

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

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

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