United Airlines lero yalengeza za ndalama zoyendetsera ndalama ku Natron Energy, wopanga mabatire omwe mabatire ake a sodium-ion amatha kuthandiza United kuyika magetsi pazida zake zapa eyapoti monga mathirakitala othamangitsa ndi ntchito pachipata. United yapanga ndalama zambiri m'makampani omwe akupanga ukadaulo kuti achepetse mpweya wa ndege, koma Natron ndiye woyamba yemwe angathe kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa gasi wowonjezera kutentha kuchokera ku ntchito za United States.
"United Airlines Ventures idapangidwa kuti izindikire makampani omwe atsogolere m'badwo wotsatira waukadaulo waukadaulo komanso wochepetsera mpweya," adatero Michael Leskinen, Purezidenti wa United Airline Ventures. "Kunja kwa chipata, tidayang'ana kwambiri paukadaulo wopangidwa kuti uthandizire kuchepetsa mpweya wa kaboni kuchokera mundege zathu. Mabatire a sodium-ion a Natron otsogola adapereka mwayi wabwino kuti athe kukulitsa ndalama zathu zokhazikika pantchito zathu zapansi panthaka, komanso kuthandiza kuti ntchito zathu za eyapoti zikhale zolimba. United ikuyembekeza mipata yamtsogolo yogwira ntchito ndi anzathu apabwalo la ndege pazantchito zokhazikika zaukadaulo. ”
United ili ndi zida zopitilira 12,000 zamagalimoto pakugwira ntchito kwake, zomwe pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu aliwonse ndi magetsi. Mabatire a Natron atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pothandizira zingapo, kuphatikiza:
• Kuchajitsa zida zamagetsi
• Kulipiritsa ndege zoyembekezeka za mtsogolo monga ma taxi oyendera magetsi
• Kulola kugwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege kuyang'anira kufunikira kwa magetsi
• Kupititsa patsogolo kupirira kokhudzana ndi nyengo yoipa
"Mabatire a sodium-ion a Natron athandiza makampani oyendetsa ndege kuti akwaniritse zolinga zake za decarbonization ndi EV," adatero Colin Wessells, CEO wa Natron Energy. "Mabatire athu amapereka mphamvu zambiri pamtunda waufupi womwe zida zogwiritsira ntchito pansi zimafunikira, ndipo mosiyana ndi lithiamu-ion, mabatire a Natron sangayaka moto ndipo amatha kutumizidwa motetezeka kuntchito zapansi."
Mabatire a sodium-ion ali ndi zinthu zingapo zomwe zimawasiyanitsa ndi ukadaulo wa batri womwe ulipo. Kuphatikiza pa kutulutsa kwabwinoko ndi moyo wozungulira kuposa anzawo a lithiamu, kuyezetsa kochitidwa ndi ntchito yoyesera yodziyimira pawokha kwawonetsa mabatire awa kukhala osayaka, chitetezo chofunikira kwambiri pakugwiritsa ntchito kwambiri ndi mphamvu zomwe zingafunikire pazinthu zina. Michere yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mabatire a sodium-ion ndi yochuluka padziko lonse lapansi ndipo imapezeka mosavuta, mosiyana ndi lithiamu yomwe ikusoweka ndipo kufunikira kukuyembekezeka kuwirikiza katatu pofika 2025.
Natron akukonzekera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalamazi kuti apititse patsogolo kupanga kwawo ku Holland, Michigan, komwe adzachitapo kanthu kuti ayambe kupanga mabatire ambiri a sodium-ion olembedwa ndi UL mu 2023.
