US non-lithium battery technology companies Eos Energy Enterprises and Unigrid have announced partnerships to deploy their tech abroad, striking deals in the UK and India respectively.

Mark Croudace, executive representative of the LDES Council, questioned what technologies will join lithium-ion on the energy storage podium.

India’s Reliance Industries has completed the takeover of sodium-ion battery company Faradion, while Amazon is set to trial a novel flow battery technology.

We hear from a managing director at TDK Ventures, investor in sodium-ion BESS company Peak Energy, about the current state and future potential of the technology which most agree is on the cusp of large-scale commercialisation.

US firm Natron Energy has announced plans for a sodium-ion gigafactory in North Carolina, while two Chinese firms have firmed up their projects, all-in-all totalling over 30GWh of annual sodium-ion production capacity.

The first phase of the world’s largest sodium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS), in China, has come online.

Natron Energy has started commercial-scale operations at its sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Michigan, US, and elaborated on how its technology compares to lithium-ion in answers provided to Energy-Storage.news.

A large battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Hubei, China, using sodium-ion technology is set to be completed this year.

We bring you the energy storage technology predictions of Aquila Clean Energy EMEA, Kyon Energy and BayWa r.e, three major Europe-based developers and operators.

As with previous years, our year in review wrap up of 2023 includes interviews with a handful of industry players from around the sector.