Up In Smoke: Tesla Megapack Battery Catches Fire In Australia
It’s not just Tesla cars that “spontaneously” combust. Reports indicate a 13-ton Tesla Megapack caught fire in Australia’s Victoria state on Friday morning.
The Megapack battery unit is one of the world’s largest energy storage projects, operated by France’s Neoen SA, and uses Tesla batteries.
Dubbed “Victorian Big Battery,” it was recently commissioned by local authorities “to boost the state’s energy reliability, drive down electricity prices and support Victoria’s transition to renewable energy – as well as creating local jobs as we take steps towards a COVID normal.”
Fire and Rescue Victoria released a statement Friday indicating fire crews were “responding to a large battery fire” at the plant located in Moorabool. Toxic fumes from the battery fire sparked air quality warnings for surrounding suburbs and advised people to move indoors and close windows.
Seven News Melbourne reported, “fire crews are currently on the scene of a battery fire at Moorabool, near Geelong. Firefighters are working to contain the fire and stop it spreading to the nearby batteries.”
Seven News said the battery plant was “undergoing testing” when the blaze broke out. So far, no injuries were reported, and the site has been evacuated. The site has been disconnected from the grid and will not impact the electricity supply.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently touted the company’s increasing energy storage business but may have to explain why a lithium-ion battery the size of a shipping container spontaneously caught on fire.
Drone footage shows Tesla was quick to deliver a replacement battery following the fire:
The whole ESG push for “green technology” to power the electricity grid of tomorrow sounds wonderful but comes at a price.
If a fire breaks out, the lithium-ion battery produces intense heat and considerable gas and highly toxic smoke.
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sir_isO
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I don’t even know if anything said is real.
Testerday, I mentioned Tesla using density beyond safe specifications relating to heat issues…
I also mentioned this, yesterday:
https://luxsaturni.com/kabbalah/malkuth/nightside-of-malkuth
“Lilith is the “Queen of the Night” and because this is the physical expression of underlying Qlippothic aspects and currents, this taps into the negative accretions of the other spheres that end up defiling and robbing Will of its Solar Beauty and Causal Movements through obfuscated layerings of dead-end patterns, unhelpful impulses, and aborted creations. There’s not much great to say about it to be quite honest. ”
Listen Lilith, idc. I didn’t invoke your stupid bullshit, why the fuck are you bothering me?
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Howdy
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This isn’t the place osiris, but I’ll make one observation.
“Self-created nature of Reality”
That old chestnut.
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sir_isO
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Howdy,
Do you know what astral cord severance is?
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Howdy
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As i recall, it’s what keeps your astral body attached to your physical body. If severed. I believe your physical body can be taken over while you astral travel.
I know It’s deeper, but I don’t bother with.
Nothing to do with self creation of reality.
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Howdy
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People install these incendiary devices in there homes as backup……..
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Joseph Olson
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it took four days to extinguish this fire, and Lithium, like Magnesium, reacts with water acting as an accelerant when used on these fires….more green bonfires to come…
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JaKo
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I’ve got it! “Ultimate Green Energy = heating homes by burning Lithium batteries!”
So, when the grid is down, after a Liddle Carrington Event, while undergoing the Real Climate Change (LIA of Eddy Minimum), the only use for all those Tesla (etc.) cars would be to modify furnaces to burn the Li-cells before the coal mines come back on line…
Cheers, JaKo
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Howdy
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“As a result of the fire, a warning of toxic fumes has been issued in areas near Batesford, Bell Post Hill, Lovely Banks and Moorabool, reports Sydney Morning Herald. Citizens were warned to move indoors, close windows, vents and the cold and bring their pets inside.”
https://techly360.in/2021/07/a-tesla-megapack-caught-fire-at-the-victorian-big-battery-in-australia/
Rather quaint in the days of clean energy….
“to boost the state’s energy reliability, drive down electricity prices and support Victoria’s transition to renewable energy”
The drop in energy prices won’t occur until the plant is paid for will it? Plus, the cells degrade in short order, particularly if you make heavy demands. Just digging a bigger hole isn’t It?
I guess there is redundant cells to make up for capacity loss due to age?
Since Australia is hitting the cold right now, how do they warm the cells to make them useful if there’s a sudden demand? Well, you can always use grid power I suppose, but costs will go up.
EV owners in low temp zones will know the drill. You leave the car on with the charging cable in so it heats up the cells.
If you’re only going short distance I guess it ‘s not needed, but it’s just another hidden cost if you travel fair distance in the cold.
“Learn how you can enhance your cold weather driving experience by following tips such as staying plugged in and preconditioning your battery before each trip.”
https://www.tesla.com/support/winter-driving-tips
See what I mean? No different to giving your old banger a quick charge boost when the battery is weak. Though that can be fixed much more cheaply than the Tesla.
If you get down to the nitty-gritty, all this lithium battery junk is a complete fail for those who suffer to make this a reality for those with money. It sucks, big time!
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