Natron Energy has hailed the listing of its sodium-ion batteries by UL and said the results of UL 9540A fire testing will be available for fire departments and local permitting agencies to view online. The company told Energy-storage.news that it is not currently able to reveal further details about the US project, however in a press release CEO Dominique Llonch said that it is a “truly important project, which marks our entry into the United States BESS market and which comes at a complex time for the world economy”.Ģ7 September 2020: Natron touts UL listing for sodium-ion batteries

Nidec ASI has to date already worked on more than 700MWh of energy storage projects worldwide, announcing large-scale projects in Sweden and Finland earlier this year as well as being awarded a role in a pilot project for French transmission operator RTE.

Nidec ASI will also be the system’s maintenance provider for 10 years once it goes into service during next year.

The Italy-based industrial solutions division of Japan’s Nidec Group said it has delivered the system, worth US$30.5 million, to a renewable energy integration project on which the company also served as engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner. 30 September 2020: Nidec ASI nets US$30.5 million US contractĮnergy storage system integrator Nidec ASI has supplied a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to the company’s first US customer.

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