Plans for huge new oceanfront battery storage plant are withdrawn following disastrous Moss Landing fire

January fire cost Texas company $400 million and stiffened opposition to the projects, which are key to renewable energy ...

New study: Moss Landing battery fire dumped 55,000 pounds of toxic metals into wildlife-rich marshes

A major fire in January at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Moss Landing showered 55,000 pounds of toxic ...

Calif.'s enormous battery plant ignited. Now scientists say it spread heavy metals everywhere.

Researchers from San José State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and their colleagues discovered elevated levels ...
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Newly published research confirms heavy metals in Elkhorn Slough after battery plant fire

A paper published in November confirms that the Vistra battery fire in Moss Landing in January released heavy metal deposits ...
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Study confirms metal fallout spread across wetlands after battery fire at Moss Landing

Earlier this year, the smoke plume that rose from a fire at the world’s largest battery facility in Monterey County hovered ...
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Historic battery plant cleanup kicks off in Moss Landing

MOSS LANDING — Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency began overseeing cleanup of the lithium-ion batteries that burned in a massive fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant in January. The effort, ...
East Bay Times

In wake of Moss Landing fire, Newsom signs battery storage safety bill

SANTA CRUZ — Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill strengthening safety standards for the development of new battery storage facilities across ...
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This Bay Area city doesn't want to be part of Newsom's energy plan

In early January, the massive Moss Landing Power Plant just north of Monterey caught fire, leaving an entire community mired in noxious air as the blaze burned for days. The plant, home to lithium ion ...