Victoria’s new ‘Big Battery’ on fire (part 1)!

Posted by Paul McArdle Friday, July 30 2021 Topic: 2021 - 30th July - Fire at Victoria Big Battery, Winter 2021 in the NEM

It only started operating under 24 hours ago, but it’s not been a great start to operations at Victoria’s new ‘Big Battery’ as it’s caught fire this afternoon (Friday 30th July 2021).

In the following snapshot from NEMreview v7  we highlight recent operations:

2021-07-30-NEMreview-VictoriaBigBattery

For those with a licence to the software, you can open up your own copy of this query here.

The tweet captured above was this one from 7 News Melbourne at 12:19 this afternoon.

More coming soon…

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Paul McArdle
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients. Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.

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4 Trackbacks & Pingbacks

  1. Not a great start to operations at Victoria’s new ‘Big Battery’! (part 2) – WattClarity
  2. Three additional pieces of data, with respect to the (fire-affected) ‘Victorian Big Battery’ – WattClarity
  3. The Tesla battery fire burned for longer than it operated for – Climate- Science.press
  4. Victoria Big Battery restarts operations following WorkSafe Victoria report – WattClarity

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