Fire at Solar+Storage Facility in Haenam County, South Korea

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.

Not reported in available sources.

1. Remote monitoring systems can enable early detection of thermal events in indoor battery storage installations.
2. Automatic fire suppression systems, when properly integrated, can contain a battery fire and limit the extent of physical damage.
3. Rapid extinguishment, in this case within roughly an hour, can significantly reduce downtime and loss even in colocated solar and storage systems.

EPRI

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