Summerside BESS still under 24/7 watch with winter capacity at risk
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Nearly a week after the Sunbank lithium fire, Summerside kept round-the-clock monitoring for flare-ups while burn-out continued; city leaders flagged that the 10 MW / 20 MWh batteries were used for last winter’s peaks and may create a shortfall without them. For municipal and co-located solar+BESS programs, the loss narrative now includes multi-day defensive monitoring and winter peak-capacity BI—not only the initial plume and evacuation. | Source: https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/summerside/semblance-of-normalcy-returns-to-summerside-after-solar-farm-battery-fire