BESS Large-Scale Fire Testing (LSFT) has been adopted as part of best practice thinking on safety validation, with at least a dozen companies announcing tests and results and many more expected going forward. It becomes mandatory in the 2026 edition of NFPA 855.
On 19 December, a fire occurred at energy storage developer Convergent Energy & Power’s Church Street Battery Storage Facility in Warwick, New York, US.
The Community Development and Infrastructure Department at Santa Cruz County has become the latest California jurisdiction to publish a draft zoning ordinance regulating the deployment of battery energy storage systems.