@clappedout have you got any links to corroborate these stories about the catastrophic runaway in Australia and the experts discussing battery replacement. Otherwise it’s just another piece of FUD being put out there for people to read. I think we need to be careful to be accurate in what we post.
I think we need to remember the UK and Europe in general is very much behind the curve compared to other countries with regards to battery storage etc. As such we are ignorant and often dismiss what we here as fake or find it difficult to process what is actual fact and what is fiction.
I think Clappedout is refering to the July 2021 a liquid coolant leak caused thermal runaway at the 450MWh Victorian big battery storage facility in Australia.
2022 a fatal house fire in New South Wales, was caused by a compeomised home battery storage, which caused the battery to go into thermal runaway, which caused it to leak toxix gasses before evenually exploding.
The commander for the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service, described lithium-ion battery storage systems as an “emerging hazard to fire services around the nation”. It was on ABC news.
Similar events have happened in the US, with one such event that occured a short time before the Victorian fire Australia, Where power company AES was undertaking its own investigation of a similar event at a 10MW battery storage facility in Arizona.
The US fire departments have speciast blankets to allow for controlled burn in thermal runaway vehicles.
The risks are starting to appear in the UK with thermal runaway fires already being reported. I remember one event in Halifax I think it was being reported on the news and what I thing was a motability car going up in flames on the news.
Remember not so long back when iphones were batteries were overheating and going into thermal runaway!