Tesla Megapack fire in Australia

[wattmatters]

Fire breaks out at giant battery project near Geelong

A toxic blaze at the site of Australia's largest Tesla battery project is set to burn throughout the night.

www.abc.net.au

Battery fire started during testing. This is expected to be the new biggest battery in Australia.

In total this is a 300MW, 450MWh battery.

 

[mrzed001]

Fire breaks out at giant battery project near Geelong

A toxic blaze at the site of Australia's largest Tesla battery project is set to burn throughout the night.

www.abc.net.au

Battery fire started during testing. This is expected to be the new biggest battery in Australia.

In total this is a 300MW, 450MWh battery.

Yep, when a Li-ion (NMC) battery goes to thermal runaway ... that burns like hell.
And Tesla packs have the most sophisticated build with a good cooling system, fire blocking foam and other protections against it.

 

[toms]

Did they get the people from https://batterytestcentre.com.au/
involved?

 

[wattmatters]

Did they get the people from https://batterytestcentre.com.au/
involved?

The BTC tests domestic batteries. This is Tesla's Megapack. It's a pretty bad look as they are driving to ramp this product up.

 

[toms]

I know. It was a joke, the BTC people have no idea how to set up batteries - looks like they aren’t alone!

 

[wattmatters]

I know. It was a joke

I thought you were having a lend but given this isn't an Aussie forum it's not always easy to tell!

the BTC people have no idea how to set up batteries

Quite a few of the systems were installed by the supplier's installers and in most cases technical support during installation and commissioning was provided by the supplier/manufacturer.

This report details the installation phase for the 3rd round of batteries under test:
Refer Section 6.2:

https://batterytestcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Battery-Testing-Report-8-April-2020.pdf

This one details the installation phase for the 2nd round of batteries:
Refer Section 2:

https://batterytestcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Battery-Testing-Public-Report-3-November-2017.pdf

This one for the first round of batteries:
Refer Section 2:

https://batterytestcentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Battery-Testing-Report-1_web.pdf

 

[MPRanger]

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Tesla Megapack caught on fire at giant battery project in Australia

A Tesla Megapack part of a giant battery project in Victoria, Australia, has caught on fire – creating a blaze...

electrek.co

 

[curiouscarbon]

more reference material for general battery fire suppression systems

 

[wattmatters]

Report on the fire released:

Cooling system leak led to Victorian Big Battery fire

Energy Safe Victoria (ESV) has concluded the Victorian Big Battery (VBB) fire most likely resulted after a cooling system leak caused a short circuit in an electrical component in a Megapack. The independent energy safety regulator delivered its findings following an almost two-month investigatio

esv.vic.gov.au

After extensive enquiries, ESV found a Megapack cooling system leak caused a short circuit resulting in overheating that led to a fire in a nearby battery compartment, which consequently damaged two Megapacks.

There were further contributory factors with the Megapack in question being switched into an off-line service mode, resulting in the protection systems being inactive.

A 24-hour delay in connecting the batteries to the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system also meant there was no active monitoring of the Megapack alarms.