Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback
A fire at Vistra Energy's Moss Landing battery storage facility in California destroyed thousands of lithium batteries – and a significant amount of the state's clean energy storage capacity
Fire engulfs Moss Landing, one of the world’s largest battery energy storage systems
The 300 MW first phase of Vistra Energy's Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California caught fire Thursday afternoon.
World's largest battery plant on fire in Central California
Monterey County officials ordered evacuations after Vistra's battery facility at the Moss Landing Power Plant caught fire Thursday.
Evacuations lifted for more than 1,000 after fire erupts in California battery storage plant
Evacuations were lifted Friday night for people near an ongoing fire that erupted Thursday at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in the northern half of California. Video circulating on social media showed smoke and flames erupting from the Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday night in the Monterey County community of Moss Landing,
Fire at One of World’s Largest Battery Plants Prompts Evacuations in California
A fire at a major battery-storage plant in Northern California prompted the evacuation of hundreds of nearby residents and the closure of schools and parts of Highway 1 nearby. Residents of the area around the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County were evacuated late Thursday after the fire broke out.
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Moss Landing battery fire: A ‘Three Mile Island’ for key renewable energy industry?
The dramatic fire at the Vistra battery storage plant caused the evacuation of 1,200 people in Northern Monterey County, ...
A major fire at one of the world's largest battery storage plants was a 'wake-up call' for the industry, official says
A fire broke out at California's Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday, which one official called a "wake-up call" for the ...
A battery plant fire in California started during a boom for energy storage
A fire at a one of the world’s largest battery plants in California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries that ...
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Battery energy storage system decommissioning and end-of-life planning starts now
With a disposition plan in place, and leveraging practical knowledge and experience, Brian Davenport, vice president, energy ...
Evacuation order lifted after fire breaks out at battery storage facility in Central California
People living near a power plant in Central California were ordered to evacuate their homes Thursday night after a fire broke ...
Huge Northern California lithium battery storage fire called "Three Mile Island" event for the emerging industry
The massive fire at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage plants in Northern California has shaken a local ...
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Trump policy risks to battery energy storage industry
A report from Clean Energy Associates (CEA) highlighted five potential risks to the battery energy storage industry, ...
‘Out of control’: Battery energy storage site catches fire in California, forcing mass evacuation, reports say
It’s a major incident. All the resources in the county and our neighboring jurisdictions have been deployed ...' ...
2025 Energy Predictions: Battery Costs Fall, Energy Storage Booms, Carbon Removal Grows, Feds Pursue Permitting Reform
America’s clean energy transition. So what will 2025 hold? The Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions spurred hundreds of ...
Northern California lithium battery storage plant catches fire — and it’s not the first time
Then in September 2022, a fire broke out at the PG&E Elkhorn battery plant. Police closed Highway 1 for 12 hours. An ...
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Huge fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures, sends out plumes of toxic smoke
MOSS LANDING — Flames and smoke in the community of Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area in northern Monterey County ...