Sungrow claimed fire test proves the safety of its battery energy storage system (BESS) solution even in the event of thermal runaway.

Enervenue has completed UL9540A tests for its nickel-hydrogen cells, units and systems and obtained UL1973 certification.

Wärtsilä’s battery energy storage system (BESS) product Gridsolv Quantum has achieved the “best possible outcome” in UL9540A testing.

Battery storage system safety was at the top of the agenda for many vendors and their customers at ees Europe last week.

Steve Kenny, general manager for Advanced Fire Detection at Honeywell Building Technologies talks about why the detection of off-gases is an important line of defence.

A US company which claims its lithium-ion battery technology can be “safely installed in nearly any environment” has raised US$94.65 million in a Series C funding round. 

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) products suitable for utility and large industrial applications have been launched by Powin Energy and Hydro-Quebec subsidiary EVLO. 

Update 23 June 2021: LG Energy Solution has said that it was the supplier of battery storage rack equipment to Vistra Energy’s recently commissioned record-breaking project in Monterey County, California.

The energy storage industry should be well prepared to deal with failure in lithium-ion battery systems so that thermal runaway in a single battery cell never becomes a fire or explosion.