The energy storage system was installed and put into operation in 2018, with a photovoltaic power generation capacity of 3.4MW and a storage capacity of 10MWh. The explosion destroyed 0.5MW of energy storage batteries. It is understood that the lithium-ion battery cell supplier of the energy storage station is LG New Energy.
According to incomplete statistics from the National Energy Information Platform, there have been a total of 32 incidents of fire and explosion at energy storage plants worldwide, including 1 in Japan, 2 in the United States, 1 in Belgium, 3 in China, and 24 in South Korea.
There have also been considerable reports of fires and explosions in lithium battery energy storage stations. According to incomplete statistics, there have been over 30 incidents of fire and explosion at energy storage plants worldwide in the past 10 years.
The South Korean energy storage system accident investigation report (Cao et al., 2020) cited inadequate information sharing among BMS and EMS and lack of coordination as major reasons for the accident, leading to delayed and ineffective control of faults, ultimately resulting in accidents.
And the fire and explosion of energy storage stations have certain characteristics, mainly including: the types of accident batteries are mostly ternary lithium-ion batteries, and most of them occur during charging and rest periods.
UCA5-N: When the energy storage system fails, the safety monitoring management system does not provide linkage protection logic. [H5] UCA5-P: When the energy storage system fails, the safety monitoring management system provides the wrong linkage protection logic.
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