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Exterior of Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility. The portion of the project which caught fire, MOSS300, was housed in the turbine hall building in the background, a design that has not been replicated anywhere else. Image: Vistra Energy

For energy storage fire safety, will perception become reality?

February 13, 2025
The Moss Landing BESS fire has focused attention on safety, as Aaron Marks at Clean Energy Associates (CEA), takes a closer look.
Battery management system hardware in development. Image: Brill Power.

IEEE publishes recommended practice for stationary storage battery management systems

February 10, 2025
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has published information and recommendations for battery management systems (BMS) in stationary energy storage applications.
LG Energy Solution TR1300 NMC battery racks inside MOSS300, pictured in 2020. Image: LG Energy Solution.

Fire at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility: What we know so far

January 24, 2025
Known facts and expert opinion on last week’s fire incident at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California.
The Burns & McDonnell team at the ribbon-cutting to inaugurate the 1GWh Sierra Estrella project with developer Plus Power for Arizona utility SRP. Image: Burns & McDonnell

Year in Review: EPC Burns & McDonnell on energy storage innovation, workforce and Trump

January 13, 2025
The energy storage team at EPC firm Burns & McDonnell offers its take on the year just gone and looks ahead to 2025.
Publicity image of the 'enhanced' EVLOFLEX containerised system unit, with Dominion Energy logo. Image: Businesswire, cropped by Andy Colthorpe/Solar Media

EVLO gets UL9540 BESS recertification as requested by Dominion for Virginia projects

November 21, 2024
EVLO’s battery energy storage system (BESS) solution has been recertified for the UL9540 standard ahead of deployments for US utility Dominion Energy in Virginia.
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VIDEO: Evolving large-scale fire testing requirements for battery energy storage systems

November 20, 2024
Energy-Storage.news proudly presents our sponsored webinar with CSA Group on large-scale fire testing (LSFT) of battery energy storage systems (BESS).
The four 5MWh Sungrow PowerTitan 2.0 BESS units set up for the LSFT. Image; Sungrow

Sungrow conducts ‘real-world power plant fire’ test on 20MWh battery storage units

November 18, 2024
Sungrow has conducted large-scale fire testing on four 5MWh battery storage units, claiming it to be in industry-first test procedure at that scale.
Image: Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä completes ‘worst-case scenario’ fire tests on battery storage under new procedure

November 11, 2024
Wärtsilä has carried out more large-scale fire tests on its battery storage units, which the system integrator claimed closely resemble real-life ‘worst-case scenario’ conditions.
A BESS asset after a fire event. Managing the risks associated with thermal runaway is a huge challenge for the industry. Image: Sedgewick

Beyond the spark: Insuring battery storage

September 26, 2024
Adam Shinn, Michael Cosgrave and Ross Kiddie report on efforts to mitigate the risks of thermal runaway and the future of BESS insurance.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting, held on 17 July 2024. Image: San Diego County BOS via YouTube.
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California’s San Diego County votes to adopt BESS standards following recent battery fires

July 25, 2024
The Board of Supervisors at California’s San Diego County voted to establish standards for the siting of battery storage facilities at a meeting held 17 July 2024, following two recent fires.

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