Wärtsilä sets new benchmark for energy storage fire safety testing
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 24 May 2023 at 3 PM EESTTechnology group Wärtsilä has completed rigorous large-scale fire safety testing of its GridSolv Quantum energy storage system (ESS). The scope and scale of Wärtsilä’s testing program have set a new standard for fire safety testing in the energy storage industry.
The large-scale fire testing exceeds the mandatory testing requirements of existing testing standards (such as UL 9540A) and was designed to simulate a worst-case scenario. Overseen by Wärtsilä’s fire safety partners and stakeholders – including Fire & Risk