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> Lead-acid batteries do that while being charged Apples and oranges strawman. In very small quantities that can be managed by simply dumping it overboard usin
by burnt-resistor 5d ago
> Lead-acid batteries do that while being charged
Apples and oranges strawman. In very small quantities that can be managed by simply dumping it overboard using small diameter tubing.
Watch the StacheD YT channel about the structures blown up by deflagrating LFP packs because they lacked constant igniters like Megapacks. Also, the Moss Landing LFP fire reignited after 20 months. LFP aren't anywhere close to "safe", they're just relatively safer compared to NMC.
- Tade0 5d agoSo it is an engineering problem after all. I watched the clip and the youtuber himself says the facility was poorly designed and should not have been built at all. I've read ProLogium's press release when it came out and while their progress is impressive, I don't see their batteries making it to grid storage anytime soon. For one, they don't have the production capacity yet. My bet is that for the time being it's cheaper to just build facilities with good fire prevention measures than have a technology which is just scaling up take over right now.
- ZeroGravitas 5d agoI think Moss Landing was NMC as it was an older battery site. These scientists are monitoring the impact on a local wildlife and are finding Nickel, Manganese and Cobalt traces: https://elkhornslough.org/reserve/research/moss-landing-battery-fire/ https://elkhornslough.org/reserve/research/moss-landing-batt...