Electric cars.

Will the battery energy storage at residential properties also have to be taken into account before allowing residents to move back in.

In 2020 they predicted as many as 50,000 homes in California would have an energy storage system fitted by the end of the year. If a higher percentage of these homes now have energy storage systems in place, then I would of thought they need checking first.

California fire code updated to allow more residential energy storage capacity | Enphase

Probably explains why some houses burnt to the ground while trees were still standing.

 

So instead of creating something that is environmentally friendly, it's done the opposite.

On another note I was thinking about the emergency services. Is it the government's intention to change emergency vehicles to electric too? Ambulances that run out of 'charge' on route to hospital with patients. Fire vehicles attending fires, is that safe? And police vehicles, perhaps on a chase, that run out of 'charge'. Taking these vehicles as a whole, what about the turn around time for charging? It doesn't bode well, does it?

 

Which is a very good reason that people are reluctant to throw money at something that is likely to be worthless in a few years due to improvements.
Cars have always been a bottomless pit when it comes to money but I think this is going the same way as all tech stuff.

 

A couple of years ago I read about an NHS Trust which had either bought, or was buying, EV ambulances. Real world tests showed they could only do 2 or 3 'average' calls before needing to be recharged.

 

In the UK the new standard, PAS 63100:2024 electrical installations of energy storage systems and protection against fire of battery energy storage systems (BESS) for use in dwellings came into practice on 31 March 2024.

The standard advises those installing battery storage systems is to locate them outside of the home and separate from living spaces. This could be a garage, shed or in an exterior meter box as long as there’s a protective covering.

Where dwellings do not have suitable outdoor space.
The batteries should be situated away from habitable rooms and escape routes. You should provide fire detection where the batteries are located and ensure this is linked to a fire alarm system. Ensure that any escape routes are unobstructed.

So, even though it is okay to have an energy storing system fitted with in your residential dwelling, they do recommend to locate them away from the house if possible.

 

When the standards are only advisory they aren't worth the paper they are written on. If they are standards set due to potential fire risk they should be mandatory. If that means many people can't have battery energy storage systems for their homes, so be it.

 

JOYOUS ---the mandatory Electric Car has ended in USA.

 

Trump has also apparently scrapped controls on drilling for oil and gas. All the changes that are being forced on us in the UK aren't going to make the slightest difference to climate change, but will destroy our economy.