Featured in The burning question – 10-2021

Moorabool burning

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on July 30, 150 firefighters responded to a fire at Neoen’s 300 MW/450 MWh Victorian Big Battery in Moorabool, which is due for completion this year. The fire crews arrived to a 13-ton lithium battery ablaze in a shipping container, and the fire wasn’t brought under control until three days later, on the afternoon of Aug. 2. With a widescale investigation now underway, pv magazine asks how such failures can be prevented, and whether we should be better prepared for the inevitability of battery failure.

By

Blake Matich

05 Oct 2021

Source: Rystad Energy RenewableCube

It was no secret, but the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasised just how risky Australia’s extremely low appetite for risk really is. Zero Covid-19 policies might have some theoretical basis, for a time, but like everything else in life, failure is inevitable. The Victorian Big Battery (VBB) blaze is another example. Australia’s growing number of battery …

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