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NGK has been selling sodium-sulfur batteries for stationary applications for years. In Europe NGK's NaS batteries are remarketed by BASF. Although it is still
by tuatoru 4y ago
NGK has been selling sodium-sulfur batteries for stationary applications for years. In Europe NGK's NaS batteries are remarketed by BASF.
Although it is still early days, with less than a GW and a TWh total installed at customer sites.
Sodium-sulfur's advantage over lithium is long lifetime. (4500 cycles at 100% depth-of-discharge and at least 15 years calendar life claimed).
0. https://www.ngk-insulators.com/en/product/nas.html https://www.ngk-insulators.com/en/product/nas.html
1. https://www.energy-storage.news/ngks-nas-sodium-sulfur-grid-scale-batteries-in-depth/ https://www.energy-storage.news/ngks-nas-sodium-sulfur-grid-...
2. https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2019/11/p-19-382.html https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2019/11/p...