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Chint Power's distributed PV-plus-storage solutions are designed to meet the demands of 'Document 136' regulations. Image: Carrie Xiao / Solar Media

SNEC 2025: Safety and modular design in focus for next-gen BESS technologies

June 26, 2025
Carrie Xiao’s exclusive reporting from SNEC 2025 continues with the latest in modular battery storage system design and approaches to fire safety.
Dr. Judy Jeevarajan of ESRI at UL Research Institutes speaks at a 2024 congressional hearing on lithium-ion battery safety. Image: ESRI at ULRI

Three steps the industry can take to create a safer future for BESS

May 21, 2025
Dr. Judy Jeevarajan of UL Research Institutes highlights essential steps to ensure that safer battery storage can be at the heart of the global energy transition.
CSA Group’s advanced network of global laboratories support manufacturers in testing their ESS to CSA C800-2025. Image: iStock
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The energy storage industry’s new standard for reliability and quality assurance: CSA C800-2025

May 14, 2025
The energy storage industry needs to ensure safety and performance, and CSA C800-2025 is the standard to fulfil that need.
Lithium-ion BESS project supplied by Saft, one of the EASE members that contributed to the new guide. Image: Saft.

EASE guide ‘serves as blueprint for safe deployment of BESS across Europe’

May 8, 2025
European energy storage trade association EASE has recommended the harmonisation of international standards for battery storage safety.
All four 20ft units were fully charged and placed in close proximity. Images: CLOU Electronics.

Fire safety: UL Solutions tests thermal runaway to new UL9540A standard, Prevalon and CLOU conduct TS-800 Large-Scale Fire Testing

April 24, 2025
New UL9540A test aims to further enhance battery storage fire safety, while large-scale fire testing (LSFT) aims to address remaining gaps.
Utilities and independent power producers should look for energy storage solutions controlled by an energy management system (EMS), such as EVLO’s proprietary EVLOGIX, that comes NERC-CIP ready. Image: EVLO Energy Storage inc.
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Strengthening cybersecurity in energy storage is a critical imperative

March 17, 2025
Energy storage technologies must have the best protections available from hacking threats, writes Adile Ajaja, director of operations, IT and cybersecurity at EVLO.
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VIDEO: Enhancing safety in battery energy storage systems

January 24, 2025
Energy-Storage.news proudly presents our sponsored webinar with Trina Storage, ‘From Risk to Resilience: Enhancing Safety in Battery Energy Storage Systems.’
Form Energy iron-air battery modules set up for testing at the company's facility in Berkeley, California. Image: Form Energy.

Li-ion BESS from Fluence, iron-air batteries from Form Energy put through fire testing paces

December 16, 2024
Lithium-ion battery storage system integrator Fluence and iron-air battery startup Form Energy have completed fire safety and explosion testing of energy storage technologies.
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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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Hydro-Quebec’s EVLO to use Hithium DC block for 25-year warranty BESS solution

October 30, 2024
EVLO, the battery storage subsidiary of Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec, has signed a Master Supply Agreement (MSA) with China’s Hithium.

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