01 May 2023

The second high-profile battery storage failure due to a faulty sprinkler system could mark the beginnings of exclusions from insurance policies if certain providers develop a negative track record, a source said.

Sprinkler systems being activated when they shouldn’t have been responsible for battery failures at two major battery storage projects in California recently: Terra-Gen’s Valley Center and Vistra’s Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, the latter the largest project in the world which was taken out of service for months as a result.

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