北达科他州卡斯县电池储能项目听证引争议：消防靠卡塞尔顿、审批却没它说话的份
10月23日，北达科他州公共服务委员会在卡塞尔顿就卡斯县一座大型电池储能项目举行听证，项目名为“和谐储能”（Harmony Storage），选址在和谐镇一座在建太阳能电站旁，开发商为明尼苏达州的 Geronimo Power 公司。听证会上，委员会主席兰迪·克里斯特曼表达了担忧：一旦储能站发生火灾，出警的将是卡塞尔顿消防局，但卡塞尔顿对这个项目却没有任何审批话语权。大型电池储能的一大风险是电池过热起火，开发商代表向三名委员保证，起火风险很低，系统设计上可防止火势蔓延。卡塞尔顿消防局长约翰·海尔在会后接受采访时说，处置电池储能站火灾与处置电动汽车起火类似，关键在于控制火势；该局为12个乡镇提供消防服务，已经就太阳能电站的消防响应与 Geronimo 公司开过会，预计还会就储能项目再谈。克里斯特曼在听证会上直言，乡镇批了项目、开发商却反过来告诉消防局一旦出事该怎么处置，“这仍然让我担忧”。委员会尚未就该项目作出最终决定。
Cass County Battery Storage Hearing in North Dakota Draws Dispute: Casselton's Fire Department Responds but Has No Say in Approval
On Oct. 23, the North Dakota Public Service Commission held a hearing in Casselton on a large battery energy storage project in Cass County called Harmony Storage, to be sited next to a solar plant under construction in Harmony Township and developed by Minnesota-based Geronimo Power. At the hearing, Commission Chair Randy Christmann voiced a concern: if a fire breaks out at the storage facility, the Casselton Fire Department will be the one responding, yet Casselton has no say in approving the project. A major risk of large battery storage is thermal runaway fires; company representatives assured the three commissioners that fire risk is low and the system is designed to prevent spread. Casselton Fire Chief John Heil said in an interview afterward that fighting a battery storage fire is similar to fighting an electric vehicle fire, with containment as the key; his department serves 12 townships, has met with Geronimo about fire response for the solar plant, and expects to discuss the storage project as well. Christmann said at the hearing that it still worries him that a township approves a project while the developer then tells the fire department how to respond if something goes wrong. The commission has not yet made a final decision on the project.
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