In February 2023, the Chinese HiNA Battery Technology Company, Ltd. placed a 140 Wh/kg sodium-ion battery in an electric test car for the first time, and energy storage manufacturer Pylontech obtained the first sodium-ion battery certificate [clarification needed] from TÜV Rheinland.
A battery energy storage system (BESS) project using sodium-ion technology has been launched in Qingdao, China. It is located in Qingdao North Coast Data Center (QNCDC), in the northeastern town, though the initial announcement contained some ambiguity over whether the project was being launched or had already been brought online.
Once sodium-ion battery energy storage enters the stage of large-scale development, its cost can be reduced by 20 to 30 per cent, said Chen Man, a senior engineer at China Southern Power Grid.
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.
Great Power Head Yang Xi and President Evan Bierman commented: “In this critical period of energy transformation, promoting the research and development of sodium-ion energy storage technology has a great driving significance for our future energy reform.
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