Jan 24, 2025 · A state of emergency has been declared in Monterey County on California's scenic Central Coast over a major fire at a battery plant. The Monterey County Board of Supervisors ratified the...

1 day ago · Vistra, the Texas-based energy company that operates the plant, said there were approximately 100,000 lithium ion battery modules inside the storage facility and that most of them had burned.

Jan 19, 2025 · A lithium-ion battery fire broke out at the Moss Landing Vistra Power Plant on Thursday January 16, 2025. The cause of the fire is unknown.

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 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 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...

5 days ago · The fire at the Vistra Energy lithium battery plant in Moss Landing sparked the conversation about the facility's storage system.

Jan 17, 2025 · Power company Vistra ’ s flagship grid battery project, housed in and around a historic power plant dating back to 1950, erupted into flames Thursday night and prompted nearby residents to evacuate from Moss Landing, California.

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...