The new NFPA Journal explores the fast-emerging technology of big battery energy storage. Are we ready?

According to the U.S. government, market research groups, industry experts, and almost everyone else who is paying attention, battery energy storage systems (ESS) are on the verge of becoming a ubiquitous part of modern life. They will soon be installed everywhere from homes, factories and businesses, to high-rise buildings, homes, urban neighborhoods, business parks, substations, and all manner of spaces and occupancies in between. The cover story “Power to Spare” in the January/February issue of NFPA Journal, peers into the world of ESS, why the systems are coming into prominence, their uses, and how NFPA, emergency responders, researchers, and others...