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Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Nagoya, Japan, June 10th, 2024 – BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF, and NGK INSULATORS, LTD. (NGK), a Japanese ceramics manufacturer, have released an advanced container-type NAS battery (sodium-sulfur battery).

NGK INSULATORS, LTD. announces that NAS battery system has started its operation in Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, at the production site of Rollplast, a leader in production and sales of high-tech windows, doors and blinds in Balkan region and Europe. The NAS battery system was ordered through BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH, a subsidiary of German chemical manufacturer BASF SE and headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

A stationary energy storage system was erected on the site of BASF Schwarzheide GmbH. Schwarzheide is the first BASF production site worldwide to test a green power supply for individual production parts through the combination of the site’s own solar park and a stationary energy storage system.

SHAH ALAM: Leader Energy Holding Bhd, via its wholly- owned subsidiary Leader Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd, has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH (BSES). BSES, a wholly-owned subsidiary of German chemical company BASF SE, is an exclusive global distributor of sodium-sulphur batteries (NAS^® Batteries) produced by NGK Insulators, Ltd, Japan.

HH2E has placed an order with BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH (BSES) for 93MWh of high-capacity Sodium Sulfur batteries (NAS^® Batteries). Additionally, HH2E has reserved production capacity for another 140 MWh of these batteries.