Not just cars: 13 tons of “Tesla megapacks” catch fire by themselves
It is not only Teslas that catch fire from batteries, industrial accumulators can also self-destruct. A 13-tonne Tesla battery complex, known as the “Megapack”, caught fire and was completely destroyed in the state of Victoria, Australia. Megapack is one of Tesla's largest accumulation projects.
This storage complex, dubbed the "Victorian Big Battery", was recently commissioned by local authorities "to increase the state's energy reliability, lower electricity prices and support Victoria's transition to renewable energy, as well as creating local jobs while we take measures towards COVID normality ”. Instead it was the origin of a great fire.
Fire and Rescue Victoria released a statement on Friday indicating that fire brigade teams were "responding to a major battery fire" at the facility located in Moorabool. Toxic fumes from the battery fire triggered air quality warnings for the surrounding suburbs and advised people to move inside and close their windows. Here is a video.
Victoria's big battery project has hit a snag. One of the massive Tesla battery packs at the Moorabool site has gone up in flames. https://t.co/5zYfOfohG3 # 7NEWS pic.twitter.com/8obtcP61X1
– 7NEWS Melbourne (@ 7NewsMelbourne) July 30, 2021
JUST IN: Fire crews are currently on the scene of a battery fire at Moorabool, near Geelong. Firefighters are working to contain the fire and stop it spreading to the nearby batteries. https://t.co/5zYfOfohG3 # 7NEWS pic.twitter.com/HAkFY27JgQ
– 7NEWS Melbourne (@ 7NewsMelbourne) July 30, 2021
The plant was "conducting tests" on its functional capacity, but it seems that this time it did not work. The search for alternative and ecological energy sources requires an ever greater use of these technologies. We will therefore see an explosion of accumulator fires in the future. Among other things, these plants, as we can see in the following image, are huge. Imagine if they burned completely
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