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"A Perth company is planning its next steps after successfully switching on a
60 kilowatt (kW) sodium-chloride solid-state battery prototype in a trial in
Germany.
Perth-based Altech Batteries installed the battery at its joint venture partner
Fraunhofer IKTS’ test laboratory in Dresden. The battery, named the Cerenergy
ABS60, is being monitored to see how it runs under real world conditions.
“Using common table salt technology and without the requirement for lithium,
copper, cobalt, graphite and manganese, the Cerenergy battery can operate in a
wide range of temperatures and has a life of 15 years, around double that of
lithium-ion batteries,” says Altech CEO Iggy Tan.
“The prototype can now be demonstrated under real-world conditions, providing
critical data for off-take parties. This will be invaluable as Altech pushes
forward with sales and finance to construct the first 120MWh plant.”
Tan says Altech has a Letter of Intent for 30MWh of offtake with Schwarze Pumpe
Industrial Park.
The test program in Dresden tested 497 individual battery cells at an
operational temperature of 300°C.
After 500 cycles, the cells demonstrated a consistent discharge capacity of 80
Ah and an efficiency of up to 91 per cent, Altech said. The discharge energy
and capacity remained stable without any indication of degradation occurring
across the 500 cycles, and the average discharge voltage held steady throughout
the tests.
Discharge and overcharge stress and abuse tests were conducted without any cell
failures, confirming the cells’ durability."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
