A sodium-sulfur BESS fire occurred at Mistubishi Material Corp's Tsukuba plant
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US, HI, Kahuku, USA
Year: 2012 (8/1/2012)
The BESS, co-located with a 30 MW wind farm, caught fire.
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US, AZ, Flagstaff, USA
Year: 2012 (11/26/2012)
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US, WA, Port Angeles, USA
Year: 2013 (7/3/2013)
The hybrid solar + wind + storage system caught fire inside Landing Mall.
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US, WI, Franklin, USA
Year: 2016 (8/10/2016)
S&C Electric was assembling a BESS at its facility. The batteries were not operating nor connected to a power source/load when the partially assembled lithium ion system caught fire, starting in one of the DC power and control compartments of a battery rack and then propagating. Fire suppression and containment systems were not yet functional, but propgation was limited to one container with water cooling. The fire extinguished in a few hours.
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China, Shanxi, China
Year: 2017 (3/7/2017)
BESS containers caught fire. The same site experienced another failure and fire 8 months later.
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South Korea, North Jeolla, Gochang, South Korea
Year: 2017 (8/2/2017)
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Belgium, Drogenbos, Belgium
Year: 2017 (11/11/2017)
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China, Shanxi, China
Year: 2017 (12/21/2017)
BESS containers caught fire. The same site experienced a failure and fire 8 months prior.
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South Korea, North Gyeongsang, Gyeongsan, South Africa