Re: battery fire

On 17/01/2025 21:42, Martin Brown wrote:

Lithium ion battery fires are virtually impossible to put out - you have
to let them burn out and use boundary cooling on the neighbouring
modules with copious amounts of water. Looks like this one managed to
get away from the fire fighters (which isn't supposed to happen).

We have no problem building large windmills at sea. Why not build the lithium storage facilities off the coast too? The capital cost would be higher, but once built they could be maintained in a similar way to those on land. And if one caught fire, there's plenty of water around to put the fire out, or at least keep it under control. For even greater safety - and expense - they could be built as submerged facilities, where any fire could be dealt with in seconds by opening a valve and letting sea water flood the building.
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Jeff