The US sodium-ion energy storage field heats up with a new partnership between two leading battery stakeholders and a new lobbying platform called the American Battery Leadership Coalition (courtesy of Aslym Energy).
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Quick quiz: Which high-level government clown in the Trump administration insists that “catastrophic failure” besets solar power plants every time the sun goes down? If you guessed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, run right out and buy yourself a cigar. Meanwhile, the grownups are pressing ahead with new energy storage solutions that soak up the clean kilowatts from solar panels and wind turbines when available, and spit them out as needed regardless of the time of day or vagaries of weather.
Batteries put wind and solar on equal footing with other domestic energy resources, and new sodium-ion technology is providing storage-seekers with new options. So what’s the problem, Doug?
The Return Of The Sodium-Ion Energy Storage Solution














