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A BESS asset after a fire event. Managing the risks associated with thermal runaway is a huge challenge for the industry. Image: Sedgewick

Growing need for BESS quality control, risk management strategies, insurer kWh Analytics says

June 11, 2025
According to specialist renewable energy insurance company kWh Analytics’ 2025 Solar Risk Assessment, concern around battery energy storage system (BESS) safety has risen following recent fire incidents.
Close-up of NMC battery modules at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California. Image: Vistra Energy

Beyond the headlines: The BESS insurance market after Moss Landing

June 5, 2025
A few months on from the high-profile fire, experts Geoffrey Lehv, Ross Kiddie, and Mark Mirek discuss the evolution of BESS insurance.
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.
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.
System integrator LS Energy Solutions displayed this containerised BESS unit, destined for delivery to Gore Street's Big Rock project in California, to the RE+ trade show in Las Vegas in September. Images: LS Energy Solutions.

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund completes energisation of 200MW/400MWh California BESS

January 22, 2025
UK-headquartered battery storage investor-developer Gore Street Energy Fund (GSF) has completed energisation of the 200MW/400MWh Big Rock battery energy storage system (BESS) project in California, US.
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A robust, innovative approach to BESS fire safety with immersion cooling technology

January 8, 2025
EticaAG is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of a patented immersion cooling battery energy storage system (BESS) technology.
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.
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.
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.

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