1 day ago · The Moss Landing Power Plant has stood over the community in Moss Landing, Calif., since 1950. ... Last month, a battery-storage plant went up in flames and burned for days, prompting the ...

Jan 18, 2025 · SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California smoldered Friday after sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere, leading to the evacuation of up to 1,500 people. The blaze also shook up the young battery storage industry.

Aerial view of Moss Landing Power Plant, 2007 One of the stacks for units 6 and 7. The Moss Landing Power Plant is a natural gas powered electricity generation plant as well as a battery energy storage facility, located in Moss Landing, California, United States, at the midpoint of Monterey Bay.As of 2024, the site's battery storage facility is the largest in the world, at 930 MW and 3,700 MWh ().

Feb 1, 2025 · In response to the Moss Landing fire, the city council of Morro Bay—about 2 hours south of Moss Landing—voted on Tuesday to pause the city’s ability to push forward new battery plant ...

Jan 17, 2025 · But a battery can only usher in a cleaner era for California’s grid if it remains operational, and Vistra’s Moss Landing suffered two fires in 2021 that shut it down for months. The Tesla Elkhorn battery had its own fire in the fall of 2022, but that only affected one Megapack enclosure and was quickly contained. In the risk-conscious world ...

Jan 17, 2025 · A major fire erupted south of San Francisco at the Moss Landing Power Plant, forcing hundreds to evacuate. So far, the fire has stayed in the facility, which stores thousands of lithium...

Jan 17, 2025 · 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

The Moss Landing battery storage project is a massive battery energy storage facility built at the retired Moss Landing power plant site in California, US. At 400MW/1,600MWh capacity, it is currently the world’s biggest battery storage facility.

Jan 17, 2025 · A massive fire that destroyed much of a huge battery storage facility in Moss Landing raised questions, and possible new hurdles, Friday for California’s efforts to shift most of its...

This page contains the most up-to-date information about the Moss Landing 300 battery fire in Monterey County, California. Vistra is committed to keeping the community informed with transparent updates.