# Inlyte wins funding for a 10-hour iron-sodium grid battery [![David Coleman](/uploads_resolved/images/261/320.webp) Author profile for David Coleman](/authors/david-coleman/ "Author profile for David Coleman")[LinkedIn profile for David Coleman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-martyn-coleman/ "LinkedIn profile for David Coleman")[David Coleman](/authors/david-coleman/ "Author profile for David Coleman") Founder & Renewable Energy Author, kilowatts.uk Article # Inlyte wins funding for a 10-hour iron-sodium grid battery Published 2026-11-07 15:50:04 Updated 2026-11-12 16:22:09 NYSERDA has awarded Inlyte over $2.4 million for a more-than-10-hour grid battery. What the award confirms, and which performance questions remain. ![Iron-sodium grid battery funding and more-than-ten-hour storage target, shown as an explanatory diagram.](/uploads_resolved/images/1066/320.webp) [ Preferred on Google ](https://www.google.com/preferences/source) ![Illustration explaining a funded grid battery deployment targeting more than ten hours of storage; operating results still to come.](/uploads_resolved/images/1066/320.webp) ## Inlyte wins funding for a 10-hour iron-sodium grid battery NYSERDA has awarded Inlyte over $2.4 million for a more-than-10-hour grid battery. What the award confirms, and which performance questions remain. ## What has been announced? On 6 November 2026, New York's energy research agency NYSERDA announced an award of more than $2.4 million to Inlyte Energy. The planned deployment is an iron-sodium battery providing more than ten hours of storage, intended to help with rising peak demand at substations and resilience on the distribution network. [NYSERDA's award announcement](https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsroom/2026-Announcements/2026-11-06-NYSERDA-Announces-Nearly-13-Mill-Awarded-To-Adv-Innovative-Storage) is the primary source for those details. This is a funding and deployment announcement. It does not report a completed site's measured output, efficiency or operating costs. The Inlyte entry gives neither a project power rating in megawatts nor an energy capacity in megawatt-hours. Those figures should not be guessed from the grant amount. You can also read more about [Hams Hall battery enters](https://kilowatts.uk/resources/hams-hall-battery-350mw-1243mwh-uk/ "Hams Hall battery enters"). ## What does ten hours tell us? Storage duration describes how long a battery can supply a stated power. Power and energy are different quantities: megawatts describe the rate of supply, while megawatt-hours describe the amount delivered. For example, a hypothetical system supplying 1 MW continuously for ten hours would deliver 10 MWh. At 10 MW for the same duration, it would deliver 100 MWh. These are arithmetic examples, not ratings for Inlyte's project. The useful comparison is energy delivered at a defined output, rather than an hour count on its own. ## Where does iron-sodium fit? [Inlyte describes itself](https://inlyteenergy.com/company/) as a US-based manufacturer of iron-sodium battery systems. It says its team's experience developing and commercialising sodium-metal-chloride chemistry underpins the technology. The company also lists Beta Research in Burton-on-Trent among its locations. That background explains the company's description of its technology. Independent operating evidence is still needed to compare a particular installation with competing systems. A familiar material name alone cannot establish the installed cost, safety requirements or service life of a complete battery plant. You can also read more about [Allye MEV depot charging:](https://kilowatts.uk/resources/allye-mev-battery-buffered-depot-ev-charging/ "Allye MEV depot charging:"). ## What evidence should come next? The next useful information would be a defined site, commissioning timetable and usable power and energy ratings. After commissioning, operating data could show whether the equipment meets its intended duty through changing demand and weather. When assessing results, look for whole-system round-trip efficiency, including any auxiliary energy, alongside availability, maintenance requirements and the test conditions. An efficiency measured at cell level is not automatically the efficiency at the grid connection. Warranty terms and repeated operation over time matter as well as a single successful discharge. Cost comparisons also need a common boundary: equipment, connection, site works and operating costs should be distinguished. The funding announcement supplies no basis for quoting a UK installed price, household payback period or guaranteed bill saving. ## Why UK readers should watch it [Ofgem explains long duration electricity storage](https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-regulation/low-carbon/long-duration-electricity-storage) as storing electricity when renewable generation exceeds demand, or prices are low, for use when demand or prices rise. Its cap-and-floor framework concerns project revenues: consumers support a minimum revenue level and receive benefits when revenues exceed the cap. You can also read more about [Illumion battery imaging: why](https://kilowatts.uk/resources/illumion-battery-imaging-funding-uk/ "Illumion battery imaging: why"). The New York award does not establish eligibility for that UK scheme. 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