History

South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) started related research.

Beta R&D in the UK was founded, the research on sodium-sulfur batteries and sodium-nickel batteries were conducted at the same time.

AEG and Anglo American formed a joint venture to start the commercialization of sodium-nickel batteries.

MES-DEA Acquires Beta's Sodium-Nickel Battery Technology.

The Beta company in the UK separated from MES-DEA to operate independently.

GE acquired Beta R&D to start commercial production of sodium-nickel batteries.

Chilwee and GE established a joint venture company to start the production of sodium-nickel batteries in China.

AMPower completed its construction and started commercialized production.