FOI Request 2120

Subject: Incidents at Battery Energy Storage System Sites

Status: Complete

Date received: March 2025

Question Asked:

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would be grateful if you could advise of any incidents, including fires, at grid scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) sites in your area between 1st January 2015 and the present day.

Our Response:

After a thorough search of our Incident Recording System, no incidents were attended by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service at a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) site from 1st January 2015 to date.

Outcome: Data Not Held

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO