‘We’re not guinea pigs’ — Cities fight plans for large battery energy storage systems over fears they will go up in flames

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More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand. But as more energy storage is added, residents in some places are pushing back due to fears that the systems will go up in flames, […]

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