BESS Safety Matters: Thermal Runaway Risks and Multi-Layer Protection Systems
Global energy storage is accelerating — but is safety keeping pace? In 2025, global deployed BESS capacity grew by approximately 700GWh. Yet as of May 2025, at least 167 fire or explosion incidents related to energy storage had been reported worldwide. In 2025 alone, the number of energy storage fire incidents globally approached 20. This is not alarmism…