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As dangerous lithium-ion battery fires are on the rise, regulators and manufacturers are scrambling for solutions.

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – A lithium-ion blaze that lit the night in Warwick on Friday, Dec. 19, has bolstered local opposition to Terra-Gen’s proposed battery energy storage system that would be 74 times ...