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Re:Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and ... by leoedin on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:38AM (#26736451)
Currently grid scale battery storage is often deployed in shipping containers, which has the advantage of providing some level of isolation between packs, and also means they can be spaced out over a bigger area.
Re:Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and ... by Syonyk on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:05PM (#26741209)
That makes a lot of sense. If you put a few dozen packs in a TEU, you can disconnect that module and fog it with water if stuff goes wrong. A deluge on a pack running away will usually pull enough heat out to keep it from propagating. Now, you've ruined a container of packs, most likely (though auto packs are going to be decently waterproof), but you've prevented burning down a warehouse of packs.