- AceOn has received a £1m grant to accelerate its mobile energy storage unit development.
- The project will commence initially in Nigeria.
- The storage unit uses low-cost and sustainable sodium-ion batteries.
UK-based energy storage firm, AceOn, has been awarded a £1 million grant from Innovate UK to accelerate the development of its mobile solar energy storage unit. The storage unit will utilise Faradion’s sodium-ion batteries produced with low-cost sustainable, and widely available materials.
AceOn will work on the project in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton, DZP Technologies, a specialist battery materials development company, and Nigeria-based energy and power company Nevadic.
According to AceOn Group Managing Director Mark Thompson stated that “sodium-ion represents a real step-change in technology, and we really are leading the way in finding one of the first commercial applications for it in Africa. Our mobile storage unit will play a massive part in bringing clean, affordable and sustainable power to some of the world’s poorest regions and develop new technology that will help fight climate change all over the world.”
The project is set to commence in October and will commence initially in Nigeria and then subsequently worldwide. AceOn will develop a new version of its solar energy generator that enables full integration with sodium-ion batteries that can scale to 1MW. The company will also produce a new trailer to transport the equipment, new assembly and maintenance systems to enable pack assembly, repair, and re–use locally in Nigeria.