A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in California destroyed 300 megawatts of energy storage, forced 1200 area residents to evacuate and released smoke plumes that could pose a health ...

A Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing Monday after a passenger’s lithium battery-powered device caught fire midflight—one of more than 35 such incidents to occur on a U.S. flight so far ...

CSA Group Fire Test Specialist Josh Dinaburg discusses lithium-ion battery fire risks, thermal runaway, evolving safety standards, and what workplace safety professionals need to know as battery ...

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A fire that broke out Thursday evening in a Cambridge apartment displaced four residents and caused an estimated $600,000 in damage, state fire officials said. The blaze, reported around 5 p.m. at 314 ...

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are revolutionizing our power grids, dramatically enhancing resilience, and facilitating greater integration of renewable energy sources like solar and wind. This ...

Battery fires present a new challenge for both first responders and manufacturers. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every ...