Sodium ion battery start-up LiNa Energy has commissioned a pilot manufacturing plant in Lancaster, England, backed by GBP 20 million ($27 million) of funding. The UK start-up, which was founded as a ...

But the market research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence warns of hype surrounding sodium-ion. The company estimates that ...

The transition to a society without fossil fuels means that the need for batteries is increasing at a rapid pace. At the same time, the increase will mean a shortage of the metals lithium and cobalt, ...

A drop of water is changing battery science. Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered a simple tweak that could boost sodium-ion battery performance, by leaving water inside a key ...

In a move that could redefine the energy storage and electric vehicle (EV) landscape, industry giants are placing their bets on a revolutionary technology: sodium-based batteries. As Bloomberg reports ...

What if the future of energy storage didn’t depend on rare, expensive, and environmentally taxing materials? Imagine a world where batteries are built from elements as common as table salt, offering a ...

What if the cost of powering an electric vehicle or storing renewable energy dropped by a staggering 90%? That’s the bold promise CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, is making with its new ...

The technology behind sodium-ion batteries just got a whole lot more advanced thanks to one small tweak in their design. Scientists at the University of Surrey discovered that by charging traditional ...

CATL of China is mass producing generation 1 sodium ion batteries starting next month. The first factory has about a 40 GWH per year capacity. China has 16 out of 20 globally planned or built sodium ...

A new sodium battery technology shows promise for helping integrate renewable energy into the electric grid. The battery uses Earth-abundant raw materials such as aluminum and sodium. A new battery ...

Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have designed a molten salt battery based on an anode made of molten sodium (Na) and a cathode made of ...