NGK Insulators, manufacturer of batteries and storage system based on sodium-sulfur (NAS) chemistry, has announced the commissioning of its first system deployed in Bulgaria.

NGK Insulators will supply a sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery storage system to a project for utility Sala Energy in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture.

A megawatt-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery demonstration project involving South Korea’s largest electric utility has gone online.

Ground operations for the aviation and space exploration sectors will be powered with the help of non-lithium battery technologies in Netherlands and Japan.

BASF will develop and market energy storage systems based on NAS batteries in South Korea in partnership with power-to-gas company G-Philos.

A large-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery energy storage system made by NGK Insulators will be installed at a former LNG terminal in Japan.

Technologies from US V2G solutions company Nuvve and NGK’s sodium sulfur batteries will provide ancillary services and other grid stability applications in Japan. 

Update 25 March 2021: NGK Insulators responded to a request for more info from Energy-Storage.news and confirmed that the NAS battery storage system will be sited at the 5MW Uliastai solar PV project which is included in the ADB’s Upscaling Renewable Energy Sector project for Mongolia.

A rocket and space vehicle launch station of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will be equipped with NGK Insulators’ sodium sulfur (NAS) battery storage to help ensure the reliable operation of its electric power systems.