⚡ Американская компания Peak Energy впервые доставила систему хранения энергии на натрий-ионных батареях для энергосетей. Технология дешевле литий-ионных аналогов и не зависит от редких металлов. Новинка открывает путь к массовому внедрению возобновляемой энергии! Пока проект тестовый, но потенциал огромен: такие батареи могут стать основой «зелёных» сетей по всему миру 🌎. Круто, что США делают ставку на экологичные инновации!
178537862 story Peak Energy Ships America’s First Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Battery (electrek.co) 3 Posted by BeauHD on Friday August 01, 2025 @10:02PM from the first-of-many dept. Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Electrek: Peak Energy shipped out its first sodium-ion battery energy storage system , and the New York-based company says it’s achieved a first in three ways: the US’s first grid-scale sodium-ion battery storage system; the largest sodium-ion phosphate pyrophosphate (NFPP) battery system in the world; and the first megawatt-hour scale battery to run entirely on passive cooling — no fans, pumps, or vents. That’s significant because removing moving parts and ditching active cooling systems eliminates fire risk. According to the Electric Power Research Institute, 89% of battery fires in the US trace back to thermal management issues. Peak’s design doesn’t have those issues because it doesn’t have those systems. Instead, the 3.5 MWh system uses a patent-pending passive cooling architecture that’s simpler, more reliable, and cheaper to run and maintain. The company says its technology slashes auxiliary power needs by up to 90%, saves about $1 million annually per gigawatt hour of storage, and cuts battery degradation by 33% over a 20-year lifespan. […] Peak is working with nine utility and independent power producer (IPP) customers on a shared pilot this summer. That deployment unlocks nearly 1 GWh of future commercial contracts now under negotiation. The company plans to ship hundreds of megawatt hours of its new system over the next two years, and it’s building its first US cell factory, which is set to start production in 2026. ← You may like to read: → Aurora’s Self-Driving Trucks Are Now Driving At Night Will Hurricanes Prompt More Purchases of Electric Cars? Acer To Raise US Laptop Prices 10% After Tariffs Can Heat Pumps Still Save the Planet from Climate Change? BYD Unveils New Super-Charging EV Tech With Peak Speeds of 1,000 kW California Has 48% More EV Chargers Than Gas Nozzles Submission: Peak Energy just shipped the US’s first grid-scale sodium-ion battery This is the most recent story. Help us pick the next by voting on submissions , or submit your own .
