Peru’s Finance Minister Alex Contreras has told reporters that following the statist decisions of neighboring countries in South America, Peru is committed to remaining an open country for foreign investment, as evidenced by its lack of a state-owned mining company. California-based alternative chemistry battery company EnerVenue has validated its battery cell design against UL 9540A Fire Safety Testing conditions and has achieved certification up to UL 1973. UL 9540A testing includes progressively larger-scale fire tests to evaluate the risk of thermal runaway and fire propagation in battery energy storage systems. EnerVenue’s Energy Storage Vessels completed UL 9540A testing at the cell level with no flames observed during induced thermal runaway. The Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has announced 4 battery…