China’s Pylontech says it has obtained the first sodium ion battery certificate granted by TÜV Rheinland, a testing lab. Prior to this it has made a living selling LFP battery stacks, some of which it has installed as grid BESS, but mostly these are for homes and enterprises. It claims to have sold 1 million systems. Chevron New Energies has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s and JERA to explore carbon capture and storage projects in the United States and Australia. The US technology could qualify for Inflation Reduction Act credits. Jera is a joint venture between TEPCO Fuel & Power and Chubu Electric Power which produces about 30% of all electricity in Japan. They are already collaborating on…