At a company event last week, Hithium premiered three new products: a 6.25-MWh BESS, a sodium-ion battery for utility-scale, and a home microgrid system.
The ∞Power 6.25-MWh BESS will come in two-hour or four-hour setups. In the two-hour scenario, the battery cell is 587 Ah, while the four-hour BESS scenario uses 1,175 Ah. The BESS will come in the same standard, 20-ft container as previous designs.
Hithium will decouple the system components from the battery modules including power, thermal management, control, fire safety and output — somethin it is calling loose coupling. The global delivery of ∞Power 6.25 MWh 2h/4h BESS will begin in Q2 2025.
Hithium believes that the sodium-ion battery industry has yet to identify large-scale scenarios and unveiled ∞Cell N162Ah, a specialized sodium-ion battery for utility-scale energy storage. This product focuses on polyanionic cathode paired with hard carbon anode, incorporating advanced materials such as homogeneous high conductivity coatings, hard carbon anode and weak-bonding electrolyte formula. It achieves a cycle life of over 20,000 cycles and operates in a wide temperature range, with high-rate capability, high round-trip efficiency and a state of health (SOH) of 70%. The ∞Cell N162Ah is now available for global sampling, with GWh mass production planned for Q4 2025.
Hithium also launched HeroES, its first installation-free home microgrid system. Comprising the smart storage module (Storage series) and the smart control module (SynergyBox), HeroES is tailored for home energy storage scenarios, featuring open-shelf modularization features. The initial installation requires only 30 minutes, the company claims.
Furthermore, HeroES is equipped with Hithium’s original intelligent algorithm, which can achieve self-evolution in energy management and improve home energy efficiency by 10%. Additionally, HeroES has a robust home microgrid capability. Different specifications of intelligent storage modules can be combined wirelessly and scalable to achieve plug-and-play. The global delivery of HeroES is set to begin in Q3 2025.
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Hithium from Shengxing, introduced in Beijing, where oh where is the United States Natron Energy sodium ion battery systems for homes businesses and utility use? OF course Natron has their ‘disclainer’ that “they” won’t “sell” their products to individuals and they are NOT UL certified at this time. Right now the burgeoning sodium ion chemistry developed by NorthVolt seems to be in the wind now since NorthVolt filed BK, reorganization and started selling assets. The U.S. has so many new battery chemistries and so many failures to launch. THIS country has done better and needs to get back to basics to do this again. Where is the already established battery chemistry companies in the U.S., the likes of 24M, Sakuu, Lyten, Gotion, LGES, Panasonic, Samsung, QuantumScape with their new battery chemistries and developing manufacturing prowess? Gotion based in California has already announced a LMFP chemistry that is 240Wh/kg at the cell level and it appears Gotion L600 Astroinno has already designed a storage pack that is 79% pack weight cells to ancillaries ratio. That makes a substantial 100kWh battery pack that can be used in a BEV or home BESS unit that is at the pack level, would be right at 1,200 pounds per 100kWh. This is right up there with NMC will be a much less likely chemistry to fail into thermal runaway during any given severe use condition.