Overview
- Representatives of Southern Company witnessed the factory acceptance test of Inlyte's first field‑ready system at the company's facility near Derby, United Kingdom.
- The integrated system of sodium metal chloride cells, inverters, and controls recorded 83% round‑trip efficiency including auxiliary loads, according to Inlyte.
- Inlyte plans initial field installations at Southern Company's Energy Storage Test Site in Wilsonville, Alabama in early 2026.
- The battery modules use what Inlyte describes as the world's largest sodium metal chloride cells, with each module storing more than 300 kilowatt‑hours.
- Inlyte is finalizing a U.S. manufacturing site in 2026 and partnering with HORIEN as it targets commercial deliveries in 2027, citing DOE projections for more than 225 gigawatts of long‑duration storage by 2050.