Solid-state sodium-ion battery company LiNa Energy (earlier post) successfully completed an independent demonstration of its lithium-free sodium batteries for energy storage systems with commercial partner ion Ventures. The test was performed independently at HORIBA MIRA and was funded via support from the UK’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
The test saw a 1kW/1kWh LiNa system perform dynamic containment—a key revenue stream for battery energy storage systems in the UK which requires rapid injection and absorption of power to maintain the grid’s frequency.
Maintaining a narrow operating frequency is key to the electrical grid’s health, avoiding blackouts and generator trips. Traditional hydrocarbon-based sources of electrical generation provided inertia to the grid as turbines would spin synchronous with the grid frequency and…