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India’s NTPC seeks proposals for sodium-ion battery storage pilots

NTPC is seeking technology providers to demonstrate sodium-ion batteries in a grid-connected battery energy storage system, with the pilot designed to assess the technology under Indian grid and climatic conditions.#Batteries #Highlights #sodium-ion #Utility-scale
India's NTPC seeks proposals for sodium-ion battery storage pilots - pv magazine Global

India’s NTPC seeks proposals for sodium-ion battery storage pilots

NTPC is seeking technology providers to demonstrate sodium-ion batteries in a grid-connected battery energy storage system, with the pilot designed to assess the technology under Indian grid and climatic conditions.#Batteries #Highlights #sodium-ion #Utility-scale
India's NTPC seeks proposals for sodium-ion battery storage pilots - pv magazine Global

India’s NTPC seeks proposals for sodium-ion battery storage pilots

NTPC is seeking technology providers to demonstrate sodium-ion batteries in a grid-connected battery energy storage system, with the pilot designed to assess the technology under Indian grid and climatic conditions.#Batteries #Highlights #sodium-ion #Utility-scale
India's NTPC seeks proposals for sodium-ion battery storage pilots - pv magazine Global

India’s NTPC seeks proposals for sodium-ion battery storage pilots

NTPC is seeking technology providers to demonstrate sodium-ion batteries in a grid-connected battery energy storage system, with the pilot designed to assess the technology under Indian grid and climatic conditions.#Batteries #Highlights #sodium-ion #Utility-scale
India's NTPC seeks proposals for sodium-ion battery storage pilots - pv magazine Global

@urlyman Thorium Molten Salt Reactors, like China is having continued success with, provides high industrial level heat that's conducive to EV production. #TMSR also lends itself to #desalination, #SodiumIon batteries, #hydrogen and #ammonia production, medical isotopes, and even localized air conditioning because of high heat production in #MSR.

China's #BeltAndRoadInitiative is far more sustainable than most of the West's profit mongering.

Sustainability-inspired cell design for a fully #recyclable #SodiumIon battery

Tiefeng Liu, Yaping Zhang, Chao Chen, Zhan Lin, Shanqing Zhang , Jun Lu

Nature Communications, 2019 Apr 29

"Effective #recycling technologies represent a solution to the #sustainability and environmental consequences of spent #RechargeableBatteries . Here, the authors show a bipolar electrode design that allows not only good electrochemical performance but a closed loop of material use for sodium ion batteries."

Read more:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6488666/

#SolarPunkSunday #Reuse #SodiumIonBatteries #NewTechnology
#GiantLeap #EWaste #EWasteRecycling #EWasteReuse

New method converts old phones and paper industry #waste into #GreenBattery tech

Scientists have created a sustainable, cost-effective, and highly efficient solution that promotes a #CircularEconomy while supporting the transition to greener #EnergyStorage.

By
Mrigakshi Dixit
Feb 20, 2026 06:59 AM EST

"A new sustainable method turns discarded #MobilePhoneBatteries and industrial lignin into a powerhouse material for #SodiumIon batteries.

"It is a stunning example of circular economy innovation. Rather than letting these materials sit in #landfills or go up in smoke, the team from China is giving the waste a high-tech second life.

"When tested as a sodium-ion battery anode, this composite of #nickel-#cobalt sulfides and #lignin-derived carbon delivered electrochemical results."

Read more:
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/battery-material-from-old-phone-batteries

#SolarPunkSunday #CellPhoneBatteries #Reuse #SodiumIonBatteries #NewTechnology #GiantLeap #EWaste #EWasteRecycling #EWasteReuse

New #SodiumIon battery stores twice the energy and #desalinates #seawater

Date: February 19, 2026
Source: University of Surrey

Summary: A surprising breakthrough could help sodium-ion batteries rival lithium—and even turn seawater into drinking water. Scientists discovered that keeping water inside a key battery material, instead of removing it as traditionally done, dramatically boosts performance. The “wet” version stores nearly twice as much charge, charges faster, and remains stable for hundreds of cycles, placing it among the top-performing sodium battery materials ever reported.

"In research published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, scientists examined sodium vanadium oxide, a well-known sodium-based compound. They discovered that allowing the material to retain its natural water content significantly enhances how it functions inside a battery.

"The compound, called nanostructured sodium vanadate hydrate (#NVOH), delivered far stronger results when used in its hydrated form. It stored substantially more energy, charged at a faster rate, and maintained stability for more than 400 charge cycles.

"During testing, the hydrated version held nearly twice as much charge as standard sodium-ion cathode materials. This performance places it among the top cathodes reported so far for sodium-ion batteries.

"Dr. Daniel Commandeur, Research Fellow at the University of Surrey School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and lead author of the paper, said: 'Our results were completely unexpected. Sodium vanadium oxide has been around for years, and people usually heat-treat it to remove the water because it's thought to cause problems. We decided to challenge that assumption, and the outcome was far better than we anticipated. The material showed much stronger performance and stability than expected and could even create exciting new possibilities for how these batteries are used in the future.'

#Seawater Operation and Electrochemical #Desalination

"The team also explored how the material performed in salt water, an especially demanding environment for battery systems. Not only did it continue operating effectively, it also removed sodium ions from the saltwater solution. At the same time, a graphite electrode extracted chloride ions in a process known as electrochemical desalination.

"Dr. Commandeur added: 'Being able to use sodium vanadate hydrate in salt water is a really exciting discovery, as it shows sodium-ion batteries could do more than just store energy -- they could also help remove salt from water. In the long term, that means we might be able to design systems that use seawater as a completely safe, free and abundant electrolyte, while also producing #FreshWater as part of the process.' "

Read more:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260218031603.htm

#SolarPunkSunday #GiantLeap #GiantLeapScenario #TechnologicalBreakthrough #LtG #Technology #SodiumIonBatteries

The first #EV with a mass-produced sodium-ion battery – cheaper and more sustainable than lithium – could come from #BYD next year https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/byd-may-launch-first-sodium-ion-battery-electric-car-in-2023

#BYDSeagull #electricVehicles #electricCar #electricCars #electricVehicle #tech #sodiumion