To save others the clicking and scrolling (if you're mainly interested in the conclusion, as I was), the summary at the end says that the risk of fire starting in your battery energy storage (or in your EV) is lower than that of your average house fire (or in your ICE car). They liken the risk of a fire starting in the battery storage to that of fire starting in a clothes dryer. But, depending on the placement of your batteries in/around your home, the severity of a fire, if one should happen, could end up being worse than a fire that starts in some other household appliance.
I was pleased to read that the risk of fire is reasonable and low; I wasn't sure what to expect, but was afraid the conclusion would be that they're higher-risk. I suppose I expected to see the result that a fire that included large batteries could be a much worse fire. Li ion battery fires can be pretty bad, and those batteries are much larger than what you'd find in your phone or other small electronics.
I still would like to add rooftop solar to my house (even though California's metering system is all kinds of anti-rooftop-solar now). When I last looked into it a couple years ago, battery storage seemed like it was a little too pricey to be worth it, but it seems like that's been changing.
I was pleased to read that the risk of fire is reasonable and low; I wasn't sure what to expect, but was afraid the conclusion would be that they're higher-risk. I suppose I expected to see the result that a fire that included large batteries could be a much worse fire. Li ion battery fires can be pretty bad, and those batteries are much larger than what you'd find in your phone or other small electronics.
I still would like to add rooftop solar to my house (even though California's metering system is all kinds of anti-rooftop-solar now). When I last looked into it a couple years ago, battery storage seemed like it was a little too pricey to be worth it, but it seems like that's been changing.