What is the Smart sodium storage system project?
This battery project was completed on 30 May 2022. The Smart Sodium Storage System project will develop and integrate a new type of sodium-ion battery in a low-cost, modular and expandable energy storage system to be demonstrated at the Illawarra Flame House and Sydney Water’s Bondi Sewage Pumping Station.
Can lithium-ion batteries sustain high demand for energy storage?
This skyrocketing increase in lithium price gave us a strong impression that lithium-ion batteries could not sustain the high demands on energy storage, opening the door for alternatives to be developed as a matter of urgency. We expected the speed of SIB commercialisation will be in next 5 years so this is overly optimistic at that time.
Are sodium-ion based batteries a viable alternative to lithium?
A promising technology that has seen intense research and commercial interest is sodium-ion based batteries, which replace the relatively rare (<0.005 % of the Earth’s crust) lithium with safe and abundant (2.6% of the Earth’s crust) sodium.
Are lithium ion batteries a viable energy storage solution?
Current energy storage solutions rely heavily on lithium-ion battery technology, and it is predicted the cost of lithium and cobalt will rise sharply in response to increased demand as electric vehicles and other energy storage applications become widespread.
Can sodium ion batteries be used in portable electronics?
The sodium-ion battery technology developed in the S4 project is applicable to all scales of energy storage requirements, although the fundamental mass and volume premiums over lithium-ion batteries make it difficult to compete in the portable electronics area), ..
What are the benefits of a sodium ion battery?
One of the key benefits of the sodium-ion battery technologies under development in the S4 project is the cell manufacturing process is substantially similar to that of lithium-ion batteries.
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