NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (“NGK”) announced that the NAS® batteries, which NGK supplied to German chemical group BASF has started operation at BASF’s Antwerp Verbund site (Belgium).
NAS batteries, which has maximum 1,000kW-dc power and 5,800kWh-dc dischargeable energy and consists of four sets of containerized NAS batteries, were ordered by BASF New Business GmbH (“BNB”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of German chemical group BASF. The NAS batteries has been connected to the electricity grid at BASF’s Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium and has started operation in September 2021. This is the first installation of NAS batteries in BASF’s facility.
In 2019, NGK and BNB entered into sales partnership agreement for NAS battery and a joint development agreement for next-generation sodium-sulfur batteries. Since then, NGK has been cooperating with BNB by combining NGK’s expertise in battery design, production with BNB’s outstanding chemistry know-how to market and further develop NAS battery. This project aims at developing optimum business models by BNB’s gaining direct experience in long-term operations of own NAS battery system, learning diverse benefits from the viewpoint of user and examining various use cases. This enables NGK and BNB to advise the customers even more comprehensively in the planning and implementation of their projects and to collect beneficial data for further development.
In its Mid-to Long-term vision “NGK group vision: Road to 2050” formulated in April 2021, NGK identified carbon neutrality as one of its priority social issues. NGK has installed NAS batteries in over 200 locations worldwide, they are used in a variety of applications, including stabilizing renewable energy, and building smart grids. NGK, contributes to the development of renewable energy, reduce environmental load, and realize carbon neutrality, through further sales expansion of NAS batteries.
＜Overview of NAS batteries which started operations>
Installed place : BASF’s Antwerp Verbund site (Belgium)
Rated power : 1,000kW-dc (maximum power)
Dischargeable energy : 5,800kWh-dc (at beginning of life)
Configuration : four sets of containerized NAS batteries
Operation start : September 30, 2021
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