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This is expected to grow to 15.4 GW this year, and 93.8 GWh by 2030.",{"type":570,"attrs":728,"content":729},{"textAlign":49},[730],{"text":731,"type":575},"Of all the sodium ion capacity tracked by Benchmark, the top five plants by forecast 2030 capacity are all based in China.",{"type":570,"attrs":733,"content":734},{"textAlign":49},[735],{"text":736,"type":575},"“The surge in sodium ion capacity commitments over the past year has been led almost exclusively by Chinese companies planning domestic facilities,” Hartley said. “Sodium ion cell plants outside of China are primarily being run by battery start-ups, with no major western automakers or cell producers backing sodium ion as of yet.”",{"type":570,"attrs":738,"content":739},{"textAlign":49},[740],{"text":741,"type":575},"HiNa Battery Technology, a Chinese sodium-ion battery maker, leads the pack, with 1 GWh of capacity already operating. It is expected to reach 10 GWh of capacity by 2025.",{"type":570,"attrs":743,"content":744},{"textAlign":49},[745],{"text":746,"type":575},"The largest pipeline capacity comes from Jiangsu Transimage Technology, which has a planned 12.5 GWh facility due to begin operations in 2024. In a statement earlier this month, the company said the first phase was already built and would begin trial production soon.",{"type":570,"attrs":748,"content":749},{"textAlign":49},[750],{"text":751,"type":575},"CATL, the world’s largest lithium ion battery producer, is also targeting 10 GWh of production at its planned sodium ion facility. Its sodium ion battery cells supposedly boast the highest energy density of any first-generation sodium ion battery at 160 watt-hours per kilogram, compared to 155 Wh/kg for HiNa’s battery cells, similar to that of LFP.",{"type":632,"attrs":753,"content":754},{"level":634,"textAlign":49},[755],{"text":756,"type":575},"Rest of world plays catchup",{"type":570,"attrs":758,"content":759},{"textAlign":49},[760],{"text":761,"type":575},"Outside of China, Benchmark tracks just four facilities being developed by 2030.",{"type":570,"attrs":763,"content":764},{"textAlign":49},[765],{"text":766,"type":575},"In the near term, only one non-Chinese facility is expected to come online this year: Natron Energy’s 0.6 GWh plant in Michigan, US.",{"type":570,"attrs":768,"content":769},{"textAlign":49},[770],{"text":771,"type":575},"The largest non-Chinese production capacity in the 2030 pipeline is being developed by Tiamat Energy in France. Its 6 GWh facility in France is expected to begin operations in 2026. ",{"type":570,"attrs":773,"content":774},{"textAlign":49},[775],{"text":776,"type":575},"In December 2018, Tiamat received €50,000 in funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, aiming to accelerate the progression of sodium ion technology from academia to industry.","Plans to produce sodium ion batteries, which use no lithium, are accelerating, with over 100 gigawatt-hours of production capacity in the pipeline, according to Benchmark. There are a total of 28 plants operating, planned or under construction, as tracked by Benchmark, almost all of them in China. 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