Fire at Solar+Storage Facility in Haenam County, South Korea
Jan 2023Published 10 Sept 2026Responsible editor: Chief Editor
- Where
- Hwangsan-myeon, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
- What
- Fire at solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage facility
- Injuries
- None reported
- Response
- Detected by remote monitoring and extinguished in about one hour
- Outcome
- 0.002 percent of 11.7 MWh capacity damaged
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What happened
A fire occurred at a solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage facility located in Hwangsan-myeon, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. The fire was detected through the site's remote monitoring system, which triggered an automatic fire suppression response. Local news coverage reported that the fire, at a solar power facility in Haenam, was extinguished within about one hour. According to the EPRI BESS Failure Incident Database, the affected battery system had a capacity of 11.7 MWh using lithium-ion chemistry in an indoor architecture, and only a very small fraction of the installed capacity, roughly 0.002 percent, was damaged. No injuries were reported in available sources. The specific site operator, owner or equipment suppliers were not named in the reporting reviewed.
Contributing factors
Not reported in available sources.
Lessons learned
- Remote monitoring of indoor lithium-ion battery systems can trigger automatic suppression before a fire spreads.
- Automatic suppression in colocated solar and storage sites can limit damage to a tiny fraction of capacity.
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Not yet known
- Cause of the fire
- Site operator or owner
- Battery system model and age
- Duration of any downtime
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Standards referenced
EPRI
Source
Other entries that name Haenam
Published 2026-09-10. Written from public reporting. Descriptive, not investigative. See the data accuracy disclaimer.
