Lithium Battery Container Fire Suppression Retest
I have walked through more than sixty containerized lithium battery installations in the last eight years, and the same conversation repeats itself almost…
Home Energy Storage Performance for Small Offices
Small professional offices are the most misunderstood segment in the energy storage market. When a dentist, a two-lawyer firm, or a four-person design stud…
Lithium Battery Fire Code and Insurance Requirements
Last spring I sat in a conference room with a plant manager, a fire marshal, and a property underwriter, all looking at the same 1.2 MWh lithium battery s…
Sodium-Ion Battery Safety Profile and Abuse Testing
Over the last three years I have run abuse campaigns on more than forty sodium-ion cell builds in our own test house — 18650 and 26700 cylindricals, 20 Ah…
Home Energy Storage Permits and Code Compliance
Between 2021 and 2025, my team either prepared or technically reviewed 214 permit submittal packages for residential battery projects across eleven jurisdi…
Home Energy Storage Testing for Apartments: Riser-Shaft
My name is Karl Huang, and I am a senior lithium battery engineer at Horizon Power. Between 2018 and 2025 I personally witnessed or co-signed off on the…
Home Energy Storage Performance for Apartments: Night
Most of the home energy storage performance claims I get asked to review were written for detached houses with big roofs, big garages, and big loads. Apart…
Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Storage: Rack-Level
Why semi-solid state batteries are changing the safety case for grid storage
I have been specifying lithium battery racks for behind-the-meter and front-of…
Home Energy Storage Testing for Apartments: Balcony-Mount
When my landlord first emailed me about a tenant complaint on the sixth floor — “the battery box on the balcony is making a clicking sound at night” — I k…
Semi-Solid State Battery Design for Storage: Rack-Scale
Six months ago I stood in front of a 20-foot container that was supposed to be our flagship semi-solid state storage product, and the thermal imagery told…