Renewable Energy / Systems
11 articles in this category
Greener Goals, Hotter Risks: Navigating Fire Risks in the Pursuit of ESG Objectives
The push towards improving Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores has become a significant trend in the commercial property sector. However, this drive towards sustainability and ethical...
Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) Technology
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes When we think about alternative energy sources or clean energy, what typically comes to mind is Wind and Solar, and rightly so.  According to the Global...
Property Loss Control for Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Systems (ESS)
The use of rechargeable Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) batteries continues to grow in electronic products, automobiles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS). This is due to their high energy density and...
Renewable Energy Risks
Construction and installation of renewable energy systems and power generation plants is becoming more common worldwide for both environmental and financial reasons. Obviously, renewable energy plays...
Recent Changes to FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheet 5-4, Transformers
Transformers are one of the most, if not the most, critical piece(s) of equipment found at a facility. While power and distribution transformers are reliable and have low failures rates, the critical...
Fire Protection for Mattress Storages
Mattresses have been around in some form or other since the dawn of civilization. However, it is only in the 20th Century that mattresses evolved becoming something much more than merely a cloth sack...
Property Loss Prevention Measures at Sawmills
This article will be limited to sawmills which receive raw logs, cut the logs producing green lumber, kiln dry the stuck lumber, and plane and dress the dry lumber to specified dimensions. Many of...
David Horton
David William Horton was born June 6, 1955. David William Horton, resident of San Diego since 1986, passed away on August 10, 2017. He had battled small cell cancer of the prostate since November...
The Fire Hazard of Solar Photovoltaic Panels
The following is an updated review of the fire hazards of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Panels. Previous Risk Logic articles from January 2015 and January 2014 still apply but new data has entered the...
FM Data Sheet 1-15, "Roof Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Panels"
The following is a synopsis of the new FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheet 1-15 "Roof Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Panels." This is a new data sheet, issued in July 2014 with October 2014...
PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) SOLAR PANELS
Photovoltaics (PV) is the generation of electrical power by conversion of solar radiation directly to electricity through the photovoltaic effect exhibited by semiconductor materials. Initial costs...