Aquion Energy was a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.–based company that manufactured sodium ion batteries (salt water batteries) and electricity storage systems. The company claimed to provide a low-cost way to store large amounts of energy (e.g. for an electricity grid) through thousands of. .
The company was founded in 2008 by Jay F. Whitacre, a professor at , and Ted Wiley. They set up research and development offices in ,. .
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The battery materials are non-toxic. As of early 2014, the used and relies on reactions. The anode was a titanium phosphate (NaTi2(PO4)3). The. .
The company set up manufacturing facilities at a former and in , initially proposing a capacity of 500 megawatt-hours per.
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produces no oil or natural gas and is predominantly dependent on the (IEC) for electricity. According to , the Palestinian Territory "lies above sizeable reservoirs of oil and natural gas wealth" but "occupation continues to prevent Palestinians from developing their energy fields so as to exploit and benefit from such assets." In 2012,
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