Cheaper sodium production will/would also be great for reducing the cost of sodium-ion batteries, which with some more development and scaling I could easily see outperforming lithium for stationary applications.
Sodium-ion (and sodium-metal) batteries are assembled in an uncharged state.
Sodium-ion batteries have the sodium deposited on “hard carbon” when charged.
I don’t expect current approaches to them to be cheaper than Li-ion batteries.
I agree with that, yes.
Cheaper sodium production will/would also be great for reducing the cost of sodium-ion batteries, which with some more development and scaling I could easily see outperforming lithium for stationary applications.
Sodium-ion (and sodium-metal) batteries are assembled in an uncharged state.
Sodium-ion batteries have the sodium deposited on “hard carbon” when charged.
I don’t expect current approaches to them to be cheaper than Li-ion batteries.
I agree with that, yes.