Perhaps sodium-ion batteries will rule the battery roost someday, ousting lithium-ion as the preferred variety. After all, the list of positives is quite long and certainly justifies further ...

Last month, sodium-ion battery manufacturer Natron Energy announced it would open a “gigafactory” in North Carolina that would produce 24 gigawatt hours of batteries annually, enough energy to ...

Amid concerns about lithium-ion batteries, an alternative is moving toward the mainstream: sodium-ion batteries. On Nov. 18, CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, announced its second ...

Potassium-ion batteries could have a higher energy density than sodium-ion batteries. This is important for large-scale ...

According to the latest study from BCC Research, the demand for Sodium-ion Batteries: Materials, Technologies and Global Markets to 2029 is projected to increase from $318.0 million in 2023 to ...

However, sodium-ion battery production is growing and is projected to reach 140 gigawatt-hours by 2030, about 13 times its current level, according to Benchmark. Lithium-ion production also is ...

Nevertheless, the limited adoption of sodium-ion technology makes the battery expensive, with a retail price of 9,980 yen (around $67), and even with a limited-time discount lowering it to 8,980 ...

The Department of Energy will spend $50 million during the next five years to develop sodium-ion battery compositions. Sodium-ion batteries hold the promise of inexpensive raw materials but offer ...

CATL’s high-voltage sodium-ion battery gets an energy density of 175 watt-hours per kilogram. That’s below the 200–300 Wh/kg range typical of lithium-ion batteries, but it’s enough to ...

The global sodium-ion battery market share is projected to be valued at USD 369.69 million in 2024 and reach USD 914.67 million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 16.3% according to a new report by The ...

October 3 - In August, Natron Energy announced plans for a 24 GW sodium-ion battery factory in North Carolina, scaling up its production capacity by 40 times.

Peak Energy, an energy-storage startup, received $55 million in funding to scale up production of sodium-ion batteries that the company is positioning as an alternative to the widely used lithium ...