Various sources have commented that the lithium battery storage industry needs to reassure stakeholders that fire safety is a top priority.
Monitoring and evaluating the performance of batteries in electric vehicles and battery energy storage systems (BESS), their ageing, and how safe they are to operate, safety has received the most attention recently.
There have been some "high profile failures", including the fire at Tesla's large Victoria battery in Australia and the overheating incident at the Moss Landing energy storage facility in California: the largest BESS projects in Australia and the world, respectively.
The 10MW/40MWh BESS installed at the Salt River Project (SRP) in Arizona also recently caught fire. The home energy storage system market in Germany is also growing rapidly, and Kairies said he is aware of five residential system fires in the past month alone.
Thankfully, no one seems to have been harmed by any of these incidents, and they're still rare relative to the vast amount of battery storage installed around the world, but no one -- especially all customers or the public -- can take it lightly.
In the process of producing BMS, BQC is also constantly researching how to protect our circuit boards in the production process and reduce the probability of accidents during operation. For example, by spraying the circuit board with conformal paint, the circuit board is protected from factors such as moisture and water vapor that cause the circuit board to corrode.
