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IREC publishes guide for assessing economic and environment benefits of distribution grid upgrades

May 7, 2020
A new guide has been published in the US to “help stakeholders assure prudent use of funds by electric utilities” when it comes to upgrading the distribution grid.
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South Korea fire: ‘Small failures shouldn’t lead to major issues’, DNV GL says

October 30, 2019
After a power failure and fire at a battery storage system in South Korea was investigated, DNV GL has reported that “current approaches” for monitoring and preventing fires may be inadequate and could result in “small failures” becoming “major issues”.
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Arizona Public Service, Fluence to discuss safety at industry event in aftermath of ESS fire

October 17, 2019
While an investigation into a recent fire incident at one of its energy storage facilities remains ongoing, representatives of utility Arizona Public Service (APS) will appear onstage with technology provider Fluence to discuss fire safety at an upcoming event in California.
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Korea’s ESS fires: Batteries not to blame but industry takes hit anyway

June 19, 2019
According to reports carried last week in national outlets including Yonhap News and the Korea Herald, defective battery cells were not found to be the cause.
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‘No regulatory network’: UK residential battery storage draws one complaint a week

April 13, 2017
A consumer protection scheme for domestic renewables has revealed that it received at least one complaint a week during 2016 related to battery storage, half of which concerned mis-selling practices.

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