Developers of small- and utility-scale battery storage find permitting and connecting to the energy grid is an arduous and ...

Glenn Church, Monterey County Supervisorial District 2, talks about the fire at the battery storage facility in Moss Landing during a press conference in Castroville, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

There are now 187 battery storage plants in California — up from just 17 in 2019, according to the California Energy Commission. Battery storage has increased 1,340% in the past six years in ...

Glenn Church, Monterey County Supervisorial District 2, talks about the fire at the battery storage facility in Moss Landing during a press conference in Castroville, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

A battery storage facility burns at Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California, on January 17, 2025. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty ...

The recent fire at the Moss Landing battery storage facility in California, operated by Vistra, has raised concerns in the energy industry, raising critical questions about the safety and future ...

High-profile incidents, such as the fire at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, have underscored the limitations of current cooling and safety measures. Immersion cooling, ...

The expansion increased storage capacity at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility to 750 megawatts, housing over 110,000 battery units. Vistra Energy claims this makes it the largest battery ...

BREKKE: Nick Warner, a co-founder of the Energy Safety Response Group, which consults with plant owners and firefighting agencies, says backlash from Moss Landing could have a lasting impact.

As Santa Cruz County officials consider a battery storage facility near Watsonville, experts sought to reassure residents ...

Smoke drifts across railroad tracks along Dolan Road in Moss Landing on Jan. 16, 2025 as fire rages at Vistra Energy power plant’s battery storage facility. (Shmuel Thaler; Santa Cruz Sentinel) ...