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BESS Decommissioning Plans
Decommissioning plans and reports for battery energy storage projects, supporting permit applications, lease obligations, financial assurance and public review.
Safe Removal, Recovery and Restoration
Fractal Energy Storage Consultants prepares decommissioning plans and reports for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
Our reports set out how a facility will be safely taken apart, how its materials will be recovered and recycled, how the site will be restored and what it will cost.
Plan Contents
Each plan follows NFPA 855 and the project’s permit, lease and interconnection requirements.
A Typical Decommissioning Plan Covers
- Applicable federal, state and local requirements, permit conditions and lease obligations
- Notification of the fire code official before decommissioning begins, per NFPA 855
- Safe, orderly shutdown of the energy storage and safety systems, per NFPA 855
- Contingencies for removing an intact ESS and an ESS damaged by fire or another event, per NFPA 855
- Decommissioning schedule and sequence of work
- Battery removal, packaging and transport under U.S. DOT hazardous materials rules
- Removal of the ESS from service and from the site: enclosures, inverters, transformers, substation, gen-tie and foundations
- Material recovery and recycling pathways for batteries, steel, copper and aluminum
- Waste characterization and handling, including coolants and transformer oil
- Site restoration: grading, soil, revegetation and stormwater controls
- Decommissioning cost estimate, with and without salvage value
- Financial assurance sizing: bond, letter of credit or escrow
Key Elements
Planning and Compliance
Permit, lease and code requirements mapped to each step.
Safe Dismantling
De-energize, discharge and remove equipment safely.
Material Recovery and Recycling
Battery and metal recycling pathways and partners.
Waste Management
Characterize, package, transport and document wastes.
Site Restoration
Return the site to its agreed end use.
Our Process
Assessment
Review of the site, equipment, permits, lease and interconnection agreements, and the applicable federal, state and local requirements.
Plan and Estimate
Step-by-step decommissioning plan, recycling and waste pathways, and a cost estimate for financial assurance.
Report
A decommissioning report suitable for permit applications, landowners, lenders and public review, updated as the project evolves.