Smart Sodium Storage System — completed research project

ARENA records completion on 30 May 2022 and findings from sodium-ion storage research led by the University of Wollongong.

Recorded project completion: 30 May 2022 · Historical R&D project

ARENA records the Smart Sodium Storage System project as completed on this date. Its findings include two sodium-ion battery packs, while identifying further work needed for production scale-up.

Completion is a research milestone

This entry records the funded project’s completion, not a claim that a commercial power station remains operational today. The webpage’s later update date is not a new commissioning date. Planned demonstration sizes are not entered as verified installed capacity.

Use the agency’s final-report links for further project detail and keep later operational evidence in a separate dated update.

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