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Overheating event at 300MW Fluence-supplied storage facility

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Record

CompanyFluence
Categoryenergy storage
Typemalfunction
Date
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale300MW facility, 1 event, no injuries
Confidencehigh
VerificationCited source on file; not independently re-verified
SourceFluence Energy SEC filing

What happened

On September 4, 2021, a 300MW energy storage facility owned by a Fluence customer, for which Fluence was the technology provider and installer, experienced an overheating event; Fluence reported no injuries.

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