Energy Storage

Worldwide generation of electricity from renewable resources will quadruple by 2040. In the energy transition age, stationary energy storage units hold a key position amongst other options for flexible power generation: they help to offset fluctuations in energy production, thereby ensuring a constant supply of electricity.

Application areas for energy storage systems

Energy storage technologies of BASF New Business

Continuous, reliable power supply – with BASF and stationary sodium-sulfur batteries

Everyday life without electricity is almost impossible both in private life and industry. Accordingly, a continuous and reliable supply of electrical energy is essential – and preferably climate-friendly, generated from renewable sources such as wind or sun.

But it is precisely these natural sources that have all too natural limits when it comes to continuous production: intermittent production, for example due to a lack of wind or reduced solar radiation, whether at night or due to excessive cloud cover, are circumstances that must be taken into account.

This is exactly where the NAS^® batteries distributed by BASF and produced by our Japanese partner NGK Insulators, Ltd. come into play. These stationary long-term storage devices store large amounts of electricity - generated from renewable sources in wind and solar parks - for hours and release it flexibly and economically attractive at the desired time. In this way, they make a significant contribution to the integration of renewable energy into our power grids.

However, the application areas for NAS^® batteries with their high energy capacity extend far beyond the integration of renewable energies. They enable a wide range of applications, from peak shaving to decentralized island networks – and all this with a battery made of easily available raw materials that also has an extremely long lifetime.

The NAS^® batteries distributed by BASF are a proven technology that makes a valuable contribution to the energy transition and thus helps to achieve global environmental goals.

For more background information about NAS^® batteries, please follow this link.