PV Tech Power Volume 25
December 11, 2020
The third pillar: How floating PV can fulfil its potential
How can ‘floatovoltaics’ become a mainstay of the global solar sector
How do you solve a problem like the grid?
Inside the new technologies and approaches reshaping grid infrastructure
Plant design and the age of the large-format module
By Chris West of Solarcentury
The challenge of benchmarking PV module suppliers in 2021
By Finlay Colville of Solar Media Market Research
What the fire service wants you to know about your battery
By Tom Bensen, Nick Warner, Ryan Franks and Michael Bowes of the Energy Safety Response Group
Founding principal
While fire incidents involving lithium-ion batteries in energy storage systems are rare, they can have devastating consequences for the industry and pose a threat to safety. Tom Bensen, Nick Warner, Ryan Franks and Michael Bowes from energy storage and fire safety expert group Energy Safety Response Group (formerly Energy Storage Response Group) discuss some of the most important aspects of creating a safe battery storage industry.
Energy storage projects can range from a few hundred kilowatt-hours to multiple megawatt-hours in capacity. They can be located in arctic, desert, or tropical environments, in urban or rural settings and in a variety of property owner- ship situations from a solar development, to a utility substation, to a commercial or industrial facility. Each project has a variety of stakeholders present including potentially: