The new power plants are more efficient than traditional batteries and great for powering up communities. However, the concern is that lithium batteries explode into flames and expel toxic gases when they fail.
Fort Bend County commissioners approved building a new lithium battery storage plant in Thompsons, south of the Brazos River.Controversial battery storage plants are popping up everywhere, and Fort Bend County commissioners just approved building a new one in Needville.Thompsons is a tiny town in Fort Bend County, south of the Brazos River."We have several kids that were volunteer fire members, and they are going to college or have moved away," Alderman Edward Taylor explained.
It will be the closest fire department to the new battery facilities, near the Lockwood Bypass in a mostly industrial part of town. The new plants store wind and solar energy inside lithium batteries, then release it as electricity into power grids when needed. They're far more efficient than traditional batteries and great for powering up communities. However, the concern is that these batteries explode into flames and expel toxic gases when they fail."We, being as small as we are and understaffed, had not covered our bases," Taylor said. "We did not have ordinances in place to control such a growth."
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