The launch of China’s first large-scale sodium-ion battery energy storage station could have wide-ranging implications for the clean-energy industry, as the new technology is seen as a promising alternative to resource-dependent lithium batteries.
The sodium-ion battery energy storage station in Nanning, in the Guangxi autonomous region in southern China, has an initial storage capacity of 10 megawatt hours (MWh) and is expected to reach 100MWh when the project is fully developed, China Southern Power Grid said on Saturday.
Once complete the project could release 73,000MWh of renewable energy, which can meet the demands of 35,000 households and reduce 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year, according to the state-owned utility.
“The energy conversion efficiency of this sodium-ion battery energy storage system is over 92%, higher than…
