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New sodium ion battery stores twice the energy and desalinates seawater (www.sciencedaily.com)
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[โ€“] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Sodium-ion batteries are not hype though, they are in production use in multiple industries already. They are generally superior to Lithium based batteries in all regards, with the exception of having a bit lower energy density. An equivalent LiFePO4 battery might be 70-80% of the size for the same storage. It's not a big deal for large applications like cars and solar storage.