Two Tesla Megapacks caught hearth this week at a large 360 MW battery mission in Boulder Metropolis, close to Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 2021, Tesla and Arevon signed a deal for the previous to produce a document quantity of two GW/6 GWh of Megapack batteries to the latter for a number of new power storage tasks.
A type of tasks is the ‘Townsite Photo voltaic and Storage Facility’ positioned in Boulder Metropolis, Nevada, a couple of miles from Las Vegas, and it consists of over half one million photo voltaic panels and 360 MWh of Tesla Megapacks.
The mission began in 2022.
Tuesday night time, at round 7PM, the Boulder Metropolis Police Division obtained a 911 name to report a fireplace on the Townsite facility.
The Boulder Metropolis Fireplace Division and Henderson Fireplace Division had been quickly on the scene and located that one of many Tesla Megapacks was engulfed in flames.
They utilized a variety of water, however hours later, the battery system was nonetheless in flames.
Shortly earlier than midnight, a second Megapack reportedly caught hearth. It’s unclear if the fireplace unfold to the second unit or if it ignited independently.
At 12:30 a.m., the Boulder Metropolis Fireplace Division issued the next replace:
“The hearth is in a smoldering section and has been turned over to the corporate reps. They’ll notify us if something flares up or there are considerations. We’re clearing the realm right now.”
The close by interstate was closed for an prolonged time period as a result of hearth, however every thing is reportedly beneath management now.
Electrek’s Take
Megapack fires have been statistically uncommon, contemplating the amount of batteries deployed via the system.
There have been two fires at Tesla’s flagship tasks in Australia and California in 2021 and 2022.
In 2023, we additionally noticed a Tesla Megapack used for a cellular Tesla Supercharger catching on hearth.
What is a little more worrying about that is that Megapacks are designed to have the ability to comprise fires and the tasks are particularly constructed so {that a} hearth can’t unfold from one unit to a different. It’s not clear what occurred on this case. We must look ahead to the investigation.
Individually, Tesla not too long ago recalled some Powerwall 2s, its different foremost stationary storage product, over hearth dangers.
