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Samsung SDI batteries implicated in South Korea government ESS fire probe
S3 · 06 Feb 2020 · Samsung SDI · ESS facility, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Record
| Company | Samsung SDI |
| Industry | Energy storage |
| Type(s) | regulatory |
| Date | 06 Feb 2020 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | ESS facility, South Jeolla Province, South Korea |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | part of a 27-fire national ESS incident cluster |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
A South Korean government-led investigation into an Aug-Oct 2019 cluster of ESS fires found the state of charge of a Samsung SDI battery at a damaged South Jeolla Province facility had reached 95%, five points above the recommended threshold; the government attributed several of the fires to battery malfunction, which Samsung SDI disputed as unrelated to the fire cause.
Primary source
Publisher: The Korea Times · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Feb 2020 | Samsung SDI batteries implicated in South Korea government ESS fire probe | The Korea Times | The Korea Times |
Energy storage context
regulatory context
Samsung SDI industry position
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