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Natron Energy starts up US sodium-ion battery plant

by Matt Blois
May 4, 2024 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 102, Issue 14

 

A blue metal module that contains a sodium-ion battery.
Credit: Natron Energy
Natron Energy's sodium-ion battery

The start-up Natron Energy has commissioned a sodium-ion battery plant in Holland, Michigan, with a capacity for 600 MW of batteries per year. The facility was originally built by Clarios to manufacture low-voltage lithium-ion batteries, and Natron spent $40 million to retool it. Sodium-ion batteries store less energy than lithium-ion batteries of the same size, but the raw materials needed to make them are much cheaper. The Department of Energy provided a $19.9 million grant for the facility.

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