You see the headlines every day. Here’s one from the Herald in Everett, Washington, dated June 1, 2019: “Electric Car Batteries Can Catch Fire Days After An Accident.” Here’s another from the Mercury News dated June 2: “Two sisters trapped in burning car, one dead in collision with Tesla in downtown Berkeley.” Now let’s be very clear. The first […]
Certification for different territories the ‘main’ challenge for ESS R&D, Tesvolt CEO says
As it prepares to break ground on a ‘Gigafactory’, energy storage system provider Tesvolt has said that gaining certification across diverse regions remains the biggest challenge in forming strategy today. The company seeks to serve “all applications you need in the world”, with its battery energy storage systems, according to CEO Daniel Hannemann, who spoke […]
APS Stands Behind Storage Expansion Plans in Wake of Battery Facility Fire
The investigation to determine the cause of an Arizona fire is still underway, but utility APS is not backing down from its ambitious plans for energy storage. Utility Arizona Public Service reaffirmed its commitment to grid batteries after a fire at one such facility injured four first responders. The April 19 explosion at the McMicken […]
APS Stands Behind Storage Expansion Plans in Wake of Battery Facility Fire
The investigation to determine the cause of an Arizona fire is still underway, but utility APS is not backing down from its ambitious plans for energy storage. Utility Arizona Public Service reaffirmed its commitment to grid batteries after a fire at one such facility injured four first responders. The April 19 explosion at the McMicken […]
Batteries & Energy Storage: Safety, ecology, markets and technology
More than 450 suppliers of energy storage technology and energy storage systems will be represented at Europe’s largest and most international exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems and the parallel exhibitions held under the umbrella of The smarter E Europe. With over 50,000 visitors, ees Europe also offers a comprehensive accompanying program – from the ees Europe […]
What We Know and Don’t Know About the Fire at an APS Battery Facility
The explosion in Arizona comes at a sensitive time for the fledgling storage industry, with a number of U.S. states moving to make storage central to their grid planning. No cause has been named for the fire at an Arizona battery facility that sent four firefighters to the hospital Friday. Peoria Fire Department spokesperson Michael […]
Arizona firefighters’ injuries keep safety top of storage agenda
A fire at a large-scale battery energy storage project late last week left four firefighters injured in Arizona, with two reported to be seriously injured, in an incident now under investigation. On Friday 19 April, firefighters were called to a fire at utility Arizona Public Service’s (APS) energy storage facility in Surprise, West Valley, Arizona. […]
NEC ‘beating cheaper competitors’ to China projects
NEC has now executed five grid-scale battery energy storage projects in China and been awarded another, winning deals in spite of what a company representative described as “aggressive” price competition from domestic vendors. The Massachusetts-headquartered distributed energy division of the Japanese NEC Corporation, NEC Energy Solutions, has commissioned two 9MW projects in Ordos City, Inner […]
Novel technology aims to improve lithium metal battery life, safety
A reactive polymer composite, picturing the electrochemical interface between lithium metal anode and electrolyte is stabilized by the use of a reactive polymer composite, enabling high-performance rechargeable lithium metal batteries. Credit: Donghai Wang Rechargeable lithium metal batteries with increased energy density, performance, and safety may be possible with a newly-developed, solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI), according to […]
