Safety of Grid Scale Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems

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Safety of Grid Scale Lithium-ion Battery Energy Storage Systems
EurIng Dr Edmund Fordham MA PhD CPhys CEng FInstP Fellow of the Institute of Physics
Dr Wade Allison MA DPhil
Professor of Physics, Fellow of Keble College, Oxford University
Professor Sir David Melville CBE FInstP
Professor of Physics, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Kent
Sources of wind and solar electrical power need large energy storage, most often provided by Lithium-Ion batteries of unprecedented capacity.
Incidents of serious fire and explosion suggest that the danger of these to the public, and emergency services, should be properly examined.
5 June 2021