6 days ago · The storage facility is a part of a natural gas-powered electricity plant operated by Vistra Energy, a Texas company. The facility also has a battery storage station owned by PG&E.

Jan 22, 2025 · Five days after the world’s largest lithium battery fire ignited at Vistra Energy Corporation in Moss Landing the Monterey County Board of Supervisors called on all battery storage operations at ...

2 days ago · Lithium battery fires burn at high temperatures and are difficult to put out. ... Smoke and flames are seen from Castroville as a fire at the Vistra battery storage plant burns in Moss Landing ...

3 days ago · When a massive fire erupted at one of the world's largest lithium-ion battery storage facilities in Monterey County, it didn't just send a toxic plume of smoke over nearby communities — it cast ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Thursday’s fire was detected in the 300 MW Phase I of the plant, according to Vistra. That’s the same spot where a software programming error caused a heat suppression system to activate and douse three 100 MW racks of batteries in September 2021.

Jan 17, 2025 · Vistra Energy, which owns the natural gas-fueled Moss Landing Power Plant and adjoining lithium-ion battery facility on the Monterey County coast, confirmed in an email a fire had...

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...

Aug 19, 2021 · Utilizing technology from LG Energy Solution, Vistra’s enormous lithium-ion battery system is co-located on the site of its existing Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, a site that’s been providing electricity to Californians since 1950.

Jan 24, 2022 · Pending the receipt of CPUC approval, Vistra anticipates construction on the third phase of the Moss Landing battery energy storage project will commence in May 2022 and will begin commercial operations prior to June 2023. With a robust pipeline of projects, Vistra plans to grow its zero-carbon Vistra Zero portfolio to 7,300 MW by 2026. This ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Monterey County supervisors on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in response to last week's major fire at the Vistra lithium battery plant in Moss Landing. The emergency declaration came ...