Six former New York City fire safety officials and experts have issued a joint declaration affirming the safety of battery energy storage systems under New York state’s newly updated regulations, ...

In the wake of a catastrophic battery storage facility fire in Moss Landing in January that burned over half the batteries in a 300-megawatt (MW) installation in Monterey County, 2025 has been a ...

Every three years, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) assembles technical committee members to review, modify, and add new requirements to the National Electrical Code (NEC), which ...

New Jersey's statewide fire code was last updated back in 2018, long before battery energy storage became well-known.

More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand. But as more energy storage is ...

As demand for electrical energy storage systems (ESS) has expanded, safety has become a critical concern. This article examines lithium-ion battery ESS housed in outdoor enclosures, which represent ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Paul Rogers, cofounder of Energy Safety Response Group and former battery subject-matter expert for the FDNY. Every day in America, nearly 3,800 fires break out ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A labor union representing over 3,200 firefighters, paramedics, dispatchers, pilots, and other emergency personnel within the Los Angeles County Fire Department is speaking out ...

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