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Energy Storage

BASF starts battery installation

by Alexander H. Tullo
October 17, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 38

A photo of a new installation of sodium-sulfur batteries in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Credit: BASF
BASF has opened this sodium-sulfur battery installation in Antwerp, Belgium.

BASF has started up a sodium-sulfur battery installation at its chemical complex in Antwerp, Belgium. Set up in shipping containers, the system has 5.8 MW h of capacity and can dispense power at a rate of 950 kW. BASF has been working with the Japanese ceramic maker NGK on sodium-sulfur batteries since 2019. The partners see them helping to stabilize power supply from fluctuating sources such as wind and solar by storing energy at peak production times and discharging it during lulls.

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