Faradion Limited

Why Na-Ion Attraction Lies in Composition Rather Than Performance

Na-ion is probably the most prominent metal-ion battery chemistry outside of Li-ion, working via the same 'rocking chair' (where the alkali-ion shuttles from a non-metal anode to a cathode during discharge and vice versa during charge) principle of reversible cation intercalation, at a positive and negative electrode.

AMTE Power: Sodium-Ion Batteries

AMTE Power is a public company based in the UK, and is a manufacturer of lithium and sodium-ion batteries across a range of markets.

Ambri Inc

Ambri Inc are a US start-up developing a high-temperature liquid metal battery for stationary applications.

Grid Storage: Constant Change Ahead

The US Department of Energy's paper, "Grid Operational Impacts of Widespread Storage Deployment" analyzes requirements to 2050. It variously calculates 1.3 TWh required to just over 6.0 TWh in its 94% renewable electricity, Zero Carbon scenario. Earlier, other researchers calculated 80% wind and solar will require 5.4 TWh of energy storage so it is obvious that huge amounts of storage are needed. Even that is with massive over-production and therefore curtailment - electricity only being generated 10% to 20% of the time on average. Polluting peaker plants only have 11% capacity factor so, on that model, bad replaces bad in that respect.

HiNa Battery Technology

HiNa Battery Technology are a Chinese Na-ion battery manufacturer.

Faradion Collaboration and Licensing deal with AMTE Power

This collaboration grants AMTE Power a license to manufacture and sell sodium-ion cells (to be incorporated into battery packs) for Energy Storage Solutions for defined fields of use and geographies. This partnership enables sodium-ion battery technology to be incorporated in a range of renewable energy applications including residential energy storage, commercial micro-grids, wind turbine and tidal energy storage.

Talga Resources

Update 2019

Future Powertrain Conference report UK, 28th Feb- 1st Mar 2018

This event continues to grow with 400 registering at the entrance and 48 table top exhibitors including a busy IDTechEx stan

Cheaper battery technology for solar storage

Researchers have formed a partnership to develop sodium-ion cells as a significantly lower cost alternative to lithium-ion batteries for solar energy storage.

Faradion

Faradion Limited is an early stage company (est. 2011) engaged in the development of low-cost, non-aqueous sodium-ion (Na ion) rechargeable batteries for automotive, utility and consumer sectors (grid energy storage).

World's first sodium-ion powered vehicle

Developed by British battery start-up firm Faradion in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering and Oxford University, a sodium-ion powered vehicle was demonstrated in an e-bike application as a proof-of-concept to showcase the capabilities of this new type of battery chemistry.