Protecting your Energy Storage System US-Africa Clean Energy Standards Program February 28, 2017| Richard Bielen, PE-Division Manager of Fire Protection Systems

2012 Wind farm fire on Hawaii nfpa.org

Agenda Involvement with electrical projects Applicable NFPA standards New standard on ESS

Who is the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)? Nonprofit Organization Standards Development Organization (SDO) Research, Training, Education nfpa.org

Who is the NFPA? NEC is directly adopted in: 13 different countries Mexico Central and South America nfpa.org

Who is the NFPA? Over 200 translations of NFPA's codes and standards. Spanish French Portuguese Mandarin Korean Japanese nfpa.org

South Africa Connection In 2013 the NFPA signed a MOU with Forest Fire Association, address wildfire safety concerns in the wildland/urban interface (WUI).

NFPA involvement with Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicle Safety for Emergency First Responders Batteries reigniting

NFPA codes and standards-ESS NFPA 1, Fire Code, Chapter, 52  Stationary Storage Battery Systems nfpa.org

Suppression Standards nfpa.org

NFPA codes and standards-ESS NFPA 70, National Electrical Code Article 706, Energy Storage Systems nfpa.org

NFPA codes and standards-ESS nfpa.org

NFPA codes and standards-ESS nfpa.org

NFPA codes and standards-ESS nfpa.org

NFPA codes and standards-ESS Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Storage Safety CS WG Analysis of existing codes and standards Identified gaps Developed a draft installation standard for ESS Submitted to the NFPA for a new project nfpa.org

NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems Technical Committee (TC) formed in August 2016 December 2, 2016 conference call with TC TC met January 10-12, 2017 for Pre First Draft Meeting Draft available to the public around August 2017 Projected publication date of August/September 2020 nfpa.org

NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems Chapter 1, Administration Chapter 2, Referenced Publications Chapter 3, Definitions nfpa.org

NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems Chapter 4, General Equipment Configurations Chapter 5 Electro-Chemical Energy Storage Systems Chapter 6 Capacitors Chapter 7 Superconducting Magnet Energy Storage – Reserved Chapter 8 Flywheel – Reserved Chapter 9 Pumped Hydro – Reserved nfpa.org

NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems Chapter 10 Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems – Reserved Chapter 11 Hydrogen ESS Chapter 12 Thermal ESS – Reserved Chapter 13 Commissioning Chapter 14 Operations, Maintenance, Testing and Repairs Chapter 15 Decommissioning nfpa.org

NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stored Energy Systems Annex A Explanatory Material Annex B Hazard Discussion of Batteries Annex C Firefighting Considerations for Battery Systems Annex D Status of Technologies nfpa.org

First Responders NFPA received a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant to develop training Product On-line training Instructor led classroom course Training video Quick reference material to educate fire service nfpa.org

Fire Service Training Overview Section I-Energy Storage Systems Section V-Failure Modes and Hazards Section II-Basic Electrical Theory Section VI-System Install and Pre-Incident Planning Section III-Battery Energy Storage Systems Section VII-Emergency Response Section IV-Battery Chemistry Types nfpa.org

Conclusions NFPA has the knowledge and information to address ESS NFPA has experience with similar electrical issues NFPA is currently developing a new standard on ESS nfpa.org

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