Smoke forces evacuation from world’s largest battery storage plant in California
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.
Fire at world’s largest battery storage plant is 'wake-up call for industry'
San Francisco – 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.
Moss Landing lithium battery facility fire continues to burn, evacuations lifted
A fire broke out at one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities in Monterey County, California, forcing evacuation orders and closing a portion of coastal Highway 1.
Vistra's Battery Storage Facility Goes up in Flames, Spurs Evacuation Orders
A water-based mitigation system did not work as designed, Vistra's senior director of community affairs Brad Watson said at the conference. "Part of what we will be doing is studying and investigating why that didn't work as designed.
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,
Top S&P 500 Stock Vistra Falls After Fire At California Battery Facility
Vistra stock dropped early Friday after news reports of a fire at a major energy storage lithium-ion battery facility.
Fire Breaks Out at a Huge Battery Site in California
The fire at the Moss Landing plant, which stores electricity for the power grid, was unrelated to wildfires in Los Angeles.
Fire erupts at Vistra’s Moss Landing battery plant. What does it mean for Morro Bay project?
Our citizens are very alarmed,” one Morro Bay resident said, after the fire along Monterey Bay forced 1,200 people to ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
Crashes and Disasters
MOSS LANDING – Some 1,200 residents were allowed to return home Friday night after they were evacuated a day earlier due to a ...
Vistra Energy stock falls amid battery facility fire
Shares of Vistra Energy (NYSE:VST) fell 1.4% in pre-open trading Friday following news of a fire at a battery facility on the ...
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Worst-case scenario: County official calls for ‘independent investigation’ of Moss Landing fire
There needs to be some accountability,” Church said in a press conference Friday, noting this was the fourth fire in five ...
Moss Landing battery fire: A ‘Three Mile Island’ for key renewable energy industry?
The dramatic fire at the the Vistra battery storage plant, one of the world’s largest, caused the evacuation of 1,200 people ...
Citi says Fluence has not been involved at Vistra’s Moss Landing in recent years
After CNN reported a large fire at Vistra’s Moss Landing Power Plant and said about 40% of the building housing the lithium-ion batteries has burned, Citi analyst Vikram Bagri n ...