In recent years, Taiwan's energy storage industry has flourished, becoming one of the important areas leading technological innovation. However, as the application scope of energy storage systems continues to expand, fire safety issues have become increasingly prominent. Although the industry generally recognizes the importance of fire safety, actual actions have been far from sufficient. Many businesses merely pay lip service or lack transparent practices, causing the industry's development to fall into difficulties. The pace of fire regulation formulation also fails to keep up with industry development, making business operations as dangerous as walking a tightrope. Currently, internationally, a series of testing standards regarding the prevention of lithium battery thermal runaway propagation have been established, but Taiwan has yet to conduct local actual combustion tests and collect result data. This has led to a lack of scientific and objective reference bases for national policy formulation, fire technology research, and industry practical development. To fill this gap, Cold Electric and the Taiwan Association of Fire Equipment Engineers (Technicians) have joined hands to conduct cabinet-level combustion and fire spread prevention tests for energy storage systems at the Well-Tech International Verification Laboratory in Keelung.

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The significance of this test is extraordinary, different from past tests where the entire energy storage cabinet was burned or water-injected. The test modules were equipped with a "micro-mist protection system," a special design that effectively prevents thermal runaway in cells of adjacent modules even if all cells within a module burn completely.

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This will help improve the fire safety level of energy storage systems, thereby increasing the willingness and protection of fire insurance coverage. Cold Electric Chairperson Dr. Margret Wang stated that the energy storage industry has moved from in-front-of-meter applications to behind-the-meter and even household markets, so establishing consensus and formulating effective countermeasures are crucial.

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The project will be conducted in three phases and will include a final presentation, which has received high attention from various sectors. Numerous cross-ministerial agencies from central and local governments, industry-academia-research units, elected representatives, and related institutions attended the event.

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The success of this collaborative test will bring a higher level of fire safety to the energy storage industry, while also laying a solid foundation for Taiwan's technological development and industrial safety.

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‍Source information: Economic Daily News

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