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Grid-scale battery safety progress amid US growth With projections suggesting the capacity of battery energy storage in the United States could exceed 100 GW by 2030, the industry's focus on safety appears to be paying dividends.
Tim Montague
Jan 07, 2025
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Fire risk for home energy storage systems is 0.0049%, says German study RWTH Aachen University in Germany has investigated the safety of battery storage systems and compared it with other household appliances or technologies. The study aims to create a reliable database for classifying fire risk for consumers and regulators.
Sandra Enkhardt
Dec 09, 2024
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New monitoring solution to detect unstable lithium-ion battery cells Brady Corporation's system comprises self-adhesive, battery-free ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) labels with integrated temperature sensors, RFID readers with up to 16 antennae, and an RFID software platform. It monitors the temperature of warehoused battery cells.
Sandra Enkhardt
Dec 04, 2024
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Fike wins as pv magazine Awards 2024 recognizes storage champions Innovative approaches to safety, software and asset aggregation recognized in global award program. Fike Corporation walks away with the top prize by impressing jurors with an innovative approach to battery fire suppression.
Matthew Lynas
Dec 03, 2024
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E3/DC storage system with LG battery module catches fire in Germany German company E3/DC and LG Energy Solution will change the battery modules in the home storage systems of 77 customers as a precaution.
Sandra Enkhardt
Nov 26, 2024
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Utility-scale BESS: Best practices to mitigate hazards A report from Leeward Renewable Energy has investigated battery energy storage system (BESS) fires and other thermal runaway events to try and put them into context.
Michael Puttré
Nov 26, 2024
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Two-minute warning for battery fires Machine learning techniques have been trained to recognize the distinct sound of safety valve releases, offering an early warning system for battery fires.
John Fitzgerald Weaver
Nov 20, 2024

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Fire at South Korea primary lithium battery factory kills 22 At least 22 people, most of them foreign nationals, were killed in a massive fire at a South Korean factory that manufactures non-rechargeable lithium batteries in Hwaseong city, just south of Seoul. The cause of the blaze is still being investigated.
Marija Maisch
Jun 24, 2024
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Containers with batteries on fire
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Fire in a battery container causes EUR 700,000 in damage in Germany The cause of the battery container fire in Thuringia, Germany, is still unclear. The damage caused is enormous.
Sandra Enkhardt
Jun 18, 2024
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Burnt house after fatal fire
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‘Compromised’ battery blamed for fatal house fire in Australia Fire investigators in the Australian state of New South Wales have determined that a compromised lithium-ion battery was the cause of a recent house fire north of Sydney that killed two people.
PV MAGAZINE
Mar 11, 2024
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Survey finds 26% of battery storage systems have fire detection and suppression issues The Clean Energy Associate’s survey also found 18% of the energy storage systems had issues with the thermal management system.
Kavya Balaraman
Feb 16, 2024
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