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Senate Committee Video

Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee Hearing on Securing Critical Infrastructure and Supply Chain Integrity for the Texas Electric Grid.

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Toxicities of heavy metals, solvents, fluorine released with BESS and solar fires

Here is a summary of hazardous materials and potential health effects  released with battery fires in BESS systems and solar...

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Concerns of fire depts and exposures with BESS fires and new standards

New Firefighter Training Standards Several organizations have developed new safety standards in regard to BESS and solar farm fires National...

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Interview with Dr. Michael Hogan

Battery storage plants have been exploding in California with a regularity that is easy to miss if you are not living near one.

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Community Impact Statement

Community Impact Statement and Risk Assessment: Solar Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Near Emory, Texas

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BESS Failure Reports DB

The BESS Failure Incident Database[1] was initiated in 2021 as part of a wider suite of BESS safety research after the concentration of lithium ion BESS fires in South Korea and the Surprise, AZ, incident in the US.

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Environmental Impact Analysis

Environmental Impacts of Decommissioned Solar, Wind, and Electricity Storage Systems SFR-132 Prepared for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality