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Climate-Friendly Battery Boom Presents Growing Fire Safety Challenge

29 January 2020 by DSR

  “The explosion ruptured the dusk settling over the desert in Surprise, Arizona. For hours, smoke had poured from a metal shed packed with lithium-ion batteries at a small electric substation. The batteries were tied to the electric grid, and somehow they had caught fire. Firefighters searching for the source of the smoke opened the … [Read more…]

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