Officials waiting for Moss Landing Power Plant fire to burn out
One of the world’s biggest battery plants is located in a tiny harbor town perched halfway between Santa Cruz and Monterey. A ...
From power plant to battery giant: Moss Landing's evolution and demolition
The sight of the Moss Landing battery storage facility was originally opened in 1950 as a power plant. It was one of the ...
Mercury News2d
Crashes and Disasters
The plant, located across from Moss Landing Harbor on the site of a former PG&E power plant, holds tens of thousands of lithium batteries. Such battery fires are notoriously difficult to ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel3d
Moss Landing battery fire: A ‘Three Mile Island’ for key renewable energy industry?
The plant, across from Moss Landing Harbor on the site of a former PG&E power plant that was built in the 1950s, holds tens of thousands of lithium batteries. Fire crews did not engage with the ...
The Monterey County Herald2d
Battery plant fire: Highway 1 reopening in Moss Landing
The plant, located across from Moss Landing Harbor on the site of a former PG&E power plant, holds tens of thousands of lithium batteries. Such battery fires are notoriously difficult to ...
East Bay Times3d
Residents near Moss Landing fire return home after officials lift evacuation order
The plant, located across from Moss Landing Harbor on the site of a former PG&E power plant, holds tens of thousands of lithium batteries. Such battery fires are notoriously difficult to ...
The Monterey County Herald4d
Worst-case scenerio: County official calls for ‘independent investigation’ of Moss Landing fire
MOSS LANDING – Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church and State Assemblymember Dawn Addis are calling for the Vistra Moss Landing Battery Energy Storage facility in Moss Landing to stay offline ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel5d
Evacuations order lifted, Highway 1 remains closed as fire at Moss Landing battery plant continues
The plant is located on the site of a now-shuttered 1950s-era PG&E natural gas plant, visible for its huge smokestacks near Moss Landing Harbor. The first phase of construction of the battery ...
Daily Breeze4d
Northern California lithium battery storage plant catches fire — and it’s not the first time
MOSS LANDING — A major fire at a lithium battery storage plant flared up again early Friday afternoon after authorities said it smoldered most of the morning. The blaze continued to send smoke ...
Mercury News4d
Crashes and Disasters
The plant, across from Moss Landing Harbor on the site of a former PG&E power plant that was built in the 1950s, holds tens of thousands of lithium batteries. Fire crews did not engage with the ...