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Peak Energy Deploys First U.S. Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Battery in Nine-Utility Pilot

Performance tests confirm up to 90% auxiliary power cut, paving the way for about 1 GWh in commercial deals, with a domestic factory slated for 2026

Peak's sodium energy battery system.
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Peak Energy’s BESS is designed without moving parts and features active cooling and ventilation components. Image: Peak Energy

Overview

  • The 3.5 MWh sodium-ion phosphate pyrophosphate system is the world’s largest of its kind and the first U.S. grid-scale BESS to use fully passive cooling with no moving parts.
  • Initial pilot deployment across nine utilities and IPPs demonstrated up to 90% reduction in auxiliary power use, about $1 million in annual savings per GWh and 33% lower degradation over a 20-year lifespan.
  • Peak Energy is negotiating nearly 1 GWh of commercial contracts and plans to ship hundreds of megawatt-hours of its system over the next two years.
  • The technology leverages the U.S. holds the world’s largest soda ash reserves to secure a fully onshored sodium-ion battery supply chain under recent bipartisan legislation.
  • A U.S. cell factory is scheduled to begin production in 2026 to support large-scale commercial roll-out and meet growing utility and hyperscaler demand.