(Nov 2, 2018) - Hitachi Chemical, Hitachi Power Solutions, and NGK are supplying batteries, battery control technology, and power grid information technologies to a joint Japanese-German grid demonstrator project. Located in Niedersachsen, Germany, the project will run for three years. The 'hybrid' energy storage plant will use a combination of sodium-sulfur and lithium-ion batteries to stabilize the grid. The sodium-sulfur batteries will store energy for long durations and output at 4MW for five hours without incurring higher costs or shortened battery lifetime through degradation. The lithium-ion will provide rapid charge and discharge at high power.
This sector is directed towards thin film photovoltaics, but does not include perovskite, organic, or nuclear photovoltaics or photoelectrochemical technologies.
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This sector is directed towards thin film photovoltaics, but does not include perovskite, organic, or nuclear photovoltaics or photoelectrochemical technologies.