Show more Hillsboro’s Battery Boom Is Happening in the Quiet — and That’s the Problem. Yesterday I was standing on West Union Road with a view that still feels like old Hillsboro: open fields, working ...

The Durham Fire Department is raising awareness about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries as part of Fire Prevention Week. Used in everyday items like phones, e-bikes, power tools and toys, ...

Lithium batteries sit at the heart of electric cars, smartphones, grid storage and even military hardware, yet the way they ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Throughout Wednesday, smoke was still billowing into the sky from Townsite Solar, the site of a large fire Tuesday night. The source of the fire was a lithium battery unit, keeping ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The battery pack of a cordless drill sparked an apartment fire Sunday night in Lakewood that caused an estimated $50,000 in damages and displaced one family.

A recently released video captured the moment a dog belonging to a North Carolina assistant fire chief ironically sparked a small house fire by chewing on a lithium-ion battery. The Chapel Hill Fire ...

Changing just one of the materials used in lithium-ion batteries could prevent the uncontrollable fires that erupt if they are pierced or bent, and mass production of these safer batteries could begin ...

The battery storage system includes two, 5-megawatt AC, four-hour storage systems, each containing six lithium-ion battery ...

As grid operators search for reliable alternatives to lithium-ion technology, iron-sodium batteries are gaining momentum as a viable option for large-scale energy storage. Built on abundant and ...