NDC 2026: Hot Topic: The Risk of Lithium-Ion Battery Fires on Naval Vessels

Lithium-ion cells seem ubiquitous at present; no other electrical battery technology offers a comparable mix of resilience, energy density and convenient power delivery.

But it’s a double-edged sword — their energy density also means that if things do go wrong, they have the capacity to cause significant damage. Ahead of our Naval Damage Control 2026 conference, we speak to Helge Weydahl — Principal Scientist at the FFI, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment — about the risks for military vessels, and how navies can mitigate them.

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