Hithium’s recent sodium-ion battery and BESS product launch is the latest in a long line of announcements showing an inflection point for the battery chemistry. But how do its new products compare to other sodium-ion systems out there, and to its own LFP offering?  

Liam Critchley with an ESN Premium deep dive into availability, one of the most-discussed metrics in battery storage performance.

Compressed air energy storage (CAES) holds much promise for large-scale, LDES, but has struggled to get off the ground outside of China.

What is repetitive re-trading (RTT) by BESS in the UK, and what is NESO looking to do about it?  

We look at the iron-air battery technology of startup Ore Energy, including how it works and technology developments it is pursuing after a recent US$43 million fundraise.

Tesla was one of the pioneers of the grid-scale battery storage market, but has faced increasing competition in the past few years. In this article we look under the hood of its latest grid-scale BESS product, the Megapack 3. 

In May, US automotive group Ford made the surprise announcement that it was launching a BESS product via new division Ford Energy. In this deep dive article, we look at its product’s specifications and how they compare to other existing solutions.

What are the technology improvements of the 4th generation of LFP batteries, and what do they mean for BESS applications?

Elestor claims its hydrogen-iron flow battery delivers 75%+ round-trip efficiency, a 20-25 year lifespan, and 15€/kWh capex for long-duration storage. 

In this deep-dive, we go through and analyse all of the technical features and claims of CATL’s new sodium-ion grid-scale BESS product, including its ‘millisecond-level self-healing’.