ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Swedish Startup Northvolt's Sodium-Ion Battery Innovation i hōʻemi i ka hilinaʻi ʻana o Kina o ʻEulopa

Wahi a ka British "Financial Times" ma ka 21st, Northvolt, kahi hoʻomaka Suedena i kākoʻo ʻia e nā mea hoʻopukapuka e like me Volkswagen, BlackRock, a me Goldman Sachs, hoʻolaha i kahi holomua nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pā pā sodium-ion. Kuhi ʻia kēia holomua ma ke ʻano he mea e hōʻemi nui ai i ka hilinaʻi o ʻEulopa ma Kina i ka wā o kona hoʻololi ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻOiai ka manaʻo e hoʻokūkū me Kina i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ʻEulopa i ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ke kākoʻo mai ka kaulahao ʻoihana pākaukau Kina. Ua haʻi ʻo Stellantis, ka ʻehā o ka mea hana kaʻa nui loa ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ma ka lā 21 e loaʻa i kāna mau kaʻa mākeke ʻEulopa nā ʻāpana pākaukau mai Kina Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL).

Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike mai ka Fraunhofer Institute o Kelemania ma kahi o 90% o nā patent honua e pili ana i ka ʻenehana pālolo sodium mai Kina mai, me ka CATL i loaʻa i ka kūleʻa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pihi sodium-ion. Hoʻomaopopo ka media Kelemania i kēia manawa e pili ana nā pākaukau ma kahi o 40% o ke kumukūʻai hana o nā kaʻa uila, ʻo ka nui o nā pā lithium-ion. ʻO ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ka lithium ua hoʻoulu nui i ka hoihoi i nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻOkoʻa nā ʻokoʻa o Northvolt i kā lākou mau mea cathode, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻāpana kumu kūʻai nui loa i nā pihi kaʻa uila, me ka ʻole o nā mea koʻikoʻi e like me ka lithium, nickel, manganese, a i ʻole cobalt.

Wahi a ka poʻe loea waiwai ma ka Fraunhofer Institute, hiki ke loaʻa ka sodium ma Kelemania ma o nā ala maʻalahi, e like me ka sodium chloride. Ua haʻi ʻo Peter Carlsson, Luna Nui a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Northvolt, i ka "Financial Times" hiki i kēia pono ke hoʻokuʻu iā ʻEulopa mai ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ke kaulahao hoʻolako hoʻolālā o Kina. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Martin Osaz, he loea Kelemania i ka ʻenehana noiʻi ikehu, ʻo ke kumu kūʻai o ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi i loko o nā pā lithium-ion e hoʻoholo nui i ka waiwai o ka sodium.

E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e German Battery News ma ka lā 21, ua hāpai ʻo Northvolt i nā manaʻolana ma waena o nā ʻoihana ʻEulopa. Mai ka makahiki 2017, ua hoʻonui ka ʻoihana ma luna o $ 9 biliona ma ke kaulike a me ke kapena aie a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā kauoha i ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 55 biliona mai nā mea kūʻai aku e like me Volkswagen, BMW, Scania, a me Volvo.

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Yu Qingjiao, Kakauolelo Nui o ka Zhongguancun New Battery Technology Innovation Alliance, i nā mea hoʻolaha "Global Times" ma ka lā 22 ʻo ka noiʻi honua e pili ana i nā pākahi o nā hanauna e hiki mai ana ke kālele nui ʻia i nā ala ʻelua: ka sodium-ion a me nā pā paʻa. Hāʻule ka hope ma lalo o ke ʻano o nā pā lithium-ion, ʻokoʻa wale nō i ke ʻano electrolyte. Manaʻo ʻo ia e noho mau ana nā pākahi lithium wai i mea nui o ka mākeke no nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana, me ka manaʻo e lilo nā ʻeke sodium-ion i mea hoʻokō ikaika i nā noi mākeke pākaukau lithium-ion.

Ua loiloi ʻo Yu Qingjiao ma ke ʻano he mau hoa kālepa koʻikoʻi, ʻo Kina a me ka European Union kekahi mea hoʻohui i kā lākou ʻoihana kalepa. A hiki i ka ulu pono ʻana o ka kaʻa ikehu hou o ʻEulopa a me ke kaulahao ʻoihana pākaukau, e hoʻomau ʻia ʻo ia i wahi huakaʻi mua no ka lawe ʻana aku a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i waho o ke kaulahao ʻoihana pākaukau o Kina.