中国电池巨头宁德时代（Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.）正努力将澳大利亚对钠离子电池日益增长的兴趣转化为项目投资，因为对储能系统的需求正在增长。
Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. is working to turn growing Australian interest in sodium-ion batteries into project investments as demand for energy-storage systems grows.
“我们确实对钠电池非常感兴趣，”宁德时代澳大利亚、新西兰和大洋洲负责人赞恩·周（Zane Zhou）在墨尔本一场会议的侧面表示。“我们正在将兴趣转化为实际项目的过程中。”宁德时代于6月推出了一款以钠为关键原材料而非传统锂的新型电池储能系统。该公司迄今已签署协议，在中文市场以及欧洲部署这些产品，这些产品对温度不那么敏感，但也更不紧凑。
“We do have a very big interest in the sodium batteries,” Zane Zhou, head of CATL for Australia, New Zealand and Oceania said on the sidelines of a conference in Melbourne. “We are in the process of converting the interest into real projects.”CATL launched a new battery-storage system that uses sodium as the key raw material rather than the traditional lithium in June. The company has so far signed agreements to deploy the products, which are less temperature sensitive but also less compact, in the Chinese market as well as Europe.
钠产品的全球交付计划于2027年6月进行，这些产品设计用于更长的使用寿命。对钠电池的押注发生在公司面临国内需求放缓之际，尤其是其电动汽车细分市场。中国对电池单元重新征收消费税也进一步给公司的订单和利润率带来压力。
Global deliveries of the sodium products, which are designed for a longer service life, are slated for June 2027. The bet on sodium batteries comes as the company contends with a slowdown in domestic demand, particularly in its EV segment. A renewed consumption tax on cells in China has also put further pressure on the company’s orders and margins.