West Lothian battery energy storage site wins approval despite fire concerns

The Moss Landing Battery Backlash Has Spread Nationwide

It’s official: the Moss Landing battery fire has galvanized a gigantic pipeline of opposition to energy storage systems across the country. As I’ve chronicled extensively throughout this year, Moss Landing was a technological outlier that used outdated battery technology. But the January incident played into existing fears and anxieties across the U.S. about the dangers of large battery fires generally, latent from years of e-scooters and cellph…

West Lothian battery energy storage site wins approval despite fire concerns

The Development Management Committee agreed to back the facility in the interests of reducing long term carbon emissions.

Plans for battery storage site in countryside given go-ahead despite objections

Concerns had been raised over the potential fire risks and whether smoke and fumes would put residents' health at risk.

'There is a real concern there will be fires' - Shropshire MP challenges Miliband about safety of battery farms

Mark Pritchard, MP for The Wrekin, told Ed Miliband there was 'real concern' at the Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service about the growing number of battery farms as a result of the drive towards renewable energy.

Councillors back battery storage site plans despite fire objection

Councillors have backed plans for a battery energy storage site (BESS) in open countryside a few minutes’ drive from Bathgate and Armadale town centres despite concerns over the fire risks.  The Development Management Committee agreed to back the facility in the interests of reducing long term carbon emissions.  But councillors accepted recommendations that the operational […] The post Councillors back battery storage site plans despite fire obj…