Re: 1GW (sic) Battery Energy Storage Systems

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 21:42:37 GMT, Glen Walpert <nospam@null.void>
wrote:

And I presume each module needs integrated fire suppression systems to
handle thermal runaway problems. Lithium fires being notoriously
difficult for ordinary fire fighting methods to put out.

>
Is there a way to put them out?  I think they are a bit like magnesium
fires

A rechargeable lithium battery does not contain metallic lithium, so
there will not be a metal fire.

It is the electrolyte that is flammable.
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