Beijing Battery Energy Storage Fire Fighting System

Source: Huaxia Energy The Apr 16 explosion of a lithium battery station in Beijing—resulting in at least two deaths—is the worst accident in China's battery storage sector in recent years. [News report details of the accident] The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.

The cause of a lithium-ion energy storage system explosion that killed two firemen in China earlier this year has proved inconclusive. A report by Beijing Fire Station noted that cell quality, battery management, electrical topology, external dust storms, and even wire arrangement could have led to the fire.

At 12:17 pm on 16th April 2021, the Fire Command Center of Beijing received a report of the fire accident occurred on the Beijng Jimei Dahongmen power station (located in the south area). 47 fire trucks and 235 fire fighters from 15 local fire brigades were sent to the fire site.

The station where the explosion occurred, for instance, is in part invested by Gotion High-Tech with 55% direct and indirect shares altogether. Gotion is a key LFP battery producer in China. The grid companies, especially State Grid, is also a keen investor in the field.

Storage system due to quality defects, irregular installation and commissioning processes, unreasonable settings, and inadequate insulation. On 7th March 2017, a fire accident occurred in the lithium battery energy storage system of a power station in Shanxi province, China.

Notably, the accident took place just two weeks after a fire broke out in an LG Chem battery unit in S. Korea. Safety is one of the chokepoints of the global development of battery storage. In China, the investment hype on electrochemical energy storage in recent years might have clouded the issue.