Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback
21 hours ago · 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
Smoke from fire at California lithium battery plant raises concerns ...
1 day ago · The fallout from the fire at the battery storage facility about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of San Francisco was just beginning. ... Lithium batteries make the power grid more stable and reduce the need for energy to be generated from fossil fuels, which release planet-warming gases. California was an early adopter of battery storage and ...
Fire Breaks Out at a Huge Battery Site in California
1 day ago · A different battery facility owned by Pacific Gas & Electric that was right next to the Moss Landing plant suffered a fire in 2022. Near San Diego, some residents have opposed a planned battery ...
Massive fire at lithium-ion battery facility in Monterey County …
10 hours ago · Smoke and flames rise from the Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, after a fire at a lithium-ion battery energy storage facility that forced evacuations and prompted air quality concerns. The fire continued to burn on Friday. (Cal Fire BEU/Facebook)
Evacuation order lifted after fire breaks out at battery storage ...
16 hours ago · An evacuation order has been lifted after a lithium-ion battery fire broke out at a power plant facility in Central California Thursday night, officials said Friday. “In an abundance of caution ...
Huge Northern California lithium battery fire called "Three-Mile …
20 hours ago · The massive fire at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage plants in Northern California has shaken a local community worried about possible long-term impacts and brought scrutiny to ...
Moss Landing lithium battery facility fire continues to burn
The fire began in the plant's first lithium-ion battery energy storage system which went online at the end of 2020 and was expanded in 2023, becoming the world's largest at the time, according to ...
Massive Fire Burning at World’s Largest Battery Storage Facility …
1 day ago · This incident isn’t the first at the Moss Landing facility, which is a natural gas power plant and lithium-ion battery storage facility. In 2021, overheating battery modules caused the facility ...
Moss Landing battery plant fire evacuations lifted; 'no threat to …
1 day ago · Glenn Church, Monterey County Supervisorial District 2, talks about the fire at the battery storage facility in Moss Landing during a press conference in Castroville, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.
Lithium battery fire erupts in Moss Landing. Why are these
1 day ago · The facility also has two battery storage stations owned by PG&E and Vistra. ... high-energy-density, and long-lasting, which is why lithium-ion batteries are used in cell phones, laptops ...