Grid, Low Cost, Sodium and Solar

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. h is achieved with an estimated raw active materials cost of $7.02 of peak charge capacity.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Grid Design Sodium

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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Lithium Ion Sodium Supplies Energy Storage

New nanoparticle copper compound cathode could enable low-cost, long-life and high-power potassium-ion batteries for grid storage

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NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Yi Cui has developed nanoparticle copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) battery cathode materials that demonstrate long cycle life and high power for use in grid storage applications. Short-term transients, including those related to wind and solar sources, present challenges to the electrical grid. Cost is a greater concern.

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Low Cost Grid Power Powered

Stanford team develops sodium-ion battery with performance equivalent to Li-ion, but at much lower cost

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Stanford researchers have developed a sodium-ion battery (SIB) that can store the same amount of energy as a state-of-the-art lithium ion, at substantially lower cost. Thus, further research is required to find better sodium host materials. The sodium salt makes up the cathode; the anode is made up of phosphorous.

Sodium

Sodium Li-ion Batteries Battery

Reliance buys Na-ion battery developer Faradion

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JANUARY 1, 2022

Reliance New Energy Solar Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, will acquire 100% shareholding in sodium-ion battery developer Faradion Limited ( earlier post ) for an enterprise value of £100 million (US$135 million). Sodium is the sixth-most abundant element on the planet.

Sodium

Sodium Buy Batteries Battery

Low-cost 5V dual carbon battery development for EV

Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 6, 2021

Low-cost 5V dual carbon battery development for EV . It is the most sustainable and low-cost battery that can be used in high-voltage applications, battery-operated medical devices, stationary grids and regenerative braking systems in electric vehicles.

Low Cost

Low Cost Carbon Lithium Ion Batteries

Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

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APRIL 1, 2011

John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. The present sodium-sulfur battery operates above 300 °C. A = lithium or sodium (Li or Na), M represents a metal and 1 ≤ n < z. —Lu et al.

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Sodium Water Li-ion Texas

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind

Vanderbilt team develops ultrafast, high capacity and long-lived Na-ion anode

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

For example, solar-storage integrated systems require lifetimes matching solar cells (30 years), electric vehicles require a high power and capacity, and grid storage requires an extreme low cost. Inset, the decreasing overpotential with cycling. Credit: ACS, Cohn et al. Click to enlarge. —Cohn et al.

Sodium

Sodium Low Cost Solar Carbon

Total Signs Research Agreement with MIT to Develop New Stationary Batteries for Solar Power; Smaller-Scale Version of All-Liquid Metal Battery Work Supported by ARPA-E

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Total has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary batteries that are designed to enable the storage of solar power. The ARPA-E award is supported the development of the liquid metal grid-scale battery for low-cost, large scale storage of electrical energy.

MIT

MIT Solar Batteries Battery

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

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JULY 10, 2019

Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C.

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Molten-Salt Battery Freezes Energy Over a Whole Season

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APRIL 15, 2022

As the pressure to decarbonize electricity grids mounts, so does the need to have long-term storage options for power generated from renewables. Especially for sources like wind and solar, which have discontinuous availability. The current melting point of 157ºC of NaAlCl 4 is higher than the researchers would like.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Energy Batteries Battery

CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Solar

PNNL team develops sodium-manganese oxide electrodes for sodium-ion rechargeable batteries

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JUNE 7, 2011

low-cost Na-ion battery system for upcoming power and energy. low-cost Na-ion battery system for upcoming power and energy. solar and wind) with variable output to the electrical grid, grid managers require electrical energy storage systems (EES) that can accommodate large amounts of energy created at the source.

Sodium

Sodium Recharge Li-ion Batteries

ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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AUGUST 2, 2012

This latest round of ARPA-E projects seek to address the remaining challenges in energy storage technologies, which could revolutionize the way Americans store and use energy in electric vehicles, the grid and beyond, while also potentially improving the access to energy for the US. Vanadium flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Electric Vehicles Energy

PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

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MARCH 15, 2011

published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries. In their study, Yang et al. —Yang et al.

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Li-ion Energy Storage Grid Carbon

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications.

Energy

Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion

Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Natron Energy , a developer of new battery cell technology based on Prussian Blue analogue electrodes and a sodium-ion electrolyte, has closed a strategic investment by Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) to support the development of stationary energy storage systems for demand charge management at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

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Chevron Sodium Energy Charging

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

Sodium Batteries Challenge Lithium-Ion On Cost, Supply Chain

New nanoparticle copper compound cathode could enable low-cost, long-life and high-power potassium-ion batteries for grid storage

Stanford team develops sodium-ion battery with performance equivalent to Li-ion, but at much lower cost

Reliance buys Na-ion battery developer Faradion

Low-cost 5V dual carbon battery development for EV

Univ. of Texas researchers propose lithium- or sodium-water batteries as next generation of high-capacity battery technology; applicable for EVs and grid storage

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Vanderbilt team develops ultrafast, high capacity and long-lived Na-ion anode

Total Signs Research Agreement with MIT to Develop New Stationary Batteries for Solar Power; Smaller-Scale Version of All-Liquid Metal Battery Work Supported by ARPA-E

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

Molten-Salt Battery Freezes Energy Over a Whole Season

CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

PNNL team develops sodium-manganese oxide electrodes for sodium-ion rechargeable batteries

ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

Chevron invests in Prussian Blue battery tech company Natron Energy; stationary storage for EV charging stations

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