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		9HZZRfNlpR on Oct 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PG&E Says It Could Impose Blackouts in California ... Solar is not fireproof either, batteries do catch fire and you can protect yourself from it, but bad things happen nevertheless.

gardnerbickford on Oct 19, 2019 [–]

The redox flow batteries exhibit promising attributes for grid storage applications. These types of batteries don't suffer from thermal runaway in the same way lithium-ion do. Check out what RedFlow and ESS are doing in the market.

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