Energy company’s plan to place 150-ton batteries on Williamsburg rooftop ignites tenants’ fears

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Tenants say they are terrified of being 'guinea pigs,' but experts say the equipment is safer than e-bikes.

of energy storage by 2030. That’s enough to potentially power up to 4 million homes for a few hours, said Dan Steingart, a chemical engineering professor at Columbia University.

“Twenty years ago I had an eight-foot piece of cement fall out of the fifth floor window and land on my car and destroy it,” he said. “It was miraculous that no one was killed.” “We are concerned about the civilians as well as our firefighters ourselves, so we just don't let them install anything,” said Maiz. “There’s a lot of requirements before this thing is even approved.”

“We’re trying to solve a real problem that the city has and the state and the city are telling us to solve this problem,” Dumbleton said.

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