Firefighters bring large battery fire near Geelong under control

According to recent reports[1], Tesla is transitioning to using Iron Phosphate (LFP) Li-ion cells in it's Megapack stationary storage products. Unlike nickel-based cells, LFP is highly resistant to fire and thermal runaway.

Presumably, this particular installation was still using nickel-based cells.

[1] https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/11/tesla-transitions-to-lf...

Re: Firefighters bring large battery fire near Geelong under control

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Post by quickthrower2 » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 12:29 PM UTC

timvisee wrote: post #5

Server died. Cached: https://web.archive.org/web/20210802083001/https://news.cfa....

Also: https://archive.is/txqqK

Re: Firefighters bring large battery fire near Geelong under control

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Post by cromulent » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 12:32 PM UTC

Another link to a story about the Megapack fire, with photos:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/30/22602411/neoen-tesla-mega...

Re: Firefighters bring large battery fire near Geelong under control

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Post by rjzzleep » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 12:34 PM UTC

Reason077 wrote: post #6

According to recent reports[1], Tesla is transitioning to using Iron Phosphate (LFP) Li-ion cells in it's Megapack stationary storage products. Unlike nickel-based cells, LFP is highly resistant to fire and thermal runaway. Presumably, this particular installation was still using nickel-based cells. [1] https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/11/tesla-transitions-to-lf...

Who's paying for the transition? The customer or Tesla?

Funny this got downvoted. Was this comment controversial in any way?

Re: Firefighters bring large battery fire near Geelong under control

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Post by abledon » Tue, Aug 03, 2021, 12:34 PM UTC

Whats stopping them from erecting a barrier around the battery in question and just burying it in sand?