Rural west Ottawa residents are mulling over a proposal for a battery energy storage facility and have some safety concerns, according to their city councillor.West Carleton-March Coun. Clarke Kelly, seen here in June, has concerns over the scale of this project and thinks Evolugen hasn't fully answered the community's safety concerns.
Considering there are only five homes nearby, West Carleton-March Coun. Clarke Kelly said he was taken aback at the roughly 100 people that attended. "I don't think the answers that they received were clear enough or detailed enough or came with enough assurances of safety in terms of the community and their well-being," Kelly said.Fire questions
Peters said the company has a strong safety culture and track record on its sites across the country — which include"As with any risk, we are looking at a multi-layered approach, with multiple levels of risk mitigation built in to make sure we're doing everything possible we can to reduce the risk of an event occurring," Peters said.
"The risk of fire in a battery energy storage system is very low as battery energy storage systems are equipped with battery management systems, which ensure batteries operate at appropriate temperatures," according to the proposal's website.