In the wake of January’s fire at a Moss Landing battery plant, Santa Cruz County residents are pushing back against a proposed Watsonville storage facility. While developers tout new safety measures,

The Moss Landing Battery Storage Facility fire is still causing widespread concern. Crews have been working to de-link the batteries at the Vistra site, but it’s taking some time. Eric Sandusky, from the U.

One piece of battery safety is designing EV packs and large stationary storage arrays so that fires can be slowed down and isolated when they do occur. There have been major improvements in fire suppression measures in recent years, and first responders are starting to better understand how to deal with battery fires that get out of hand.

Crews have begun work on the first step of a long process in cleaning up the wreckage of the Moss Landing battery storage plant after a huge fire last month drew national attention and raised questions about the safety of a new technology needed to continue California’s expansion of renewable energy.

A group of Merced County residents speak out against a proposed solar farm and battery energy storage facility near Los Banos.

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California on behalf of the owners of the beloved Moss Landing Haute Enchilada Restaurant, Café, and Gallery against Vistra Corporation ("Vistra") for the Moss Landing Battery Plant fire.

This weekend will mark a milestone for the Vistra energy storage facility that was severely damaged in last month’s dramatic fire at the former Moss Landing power plant. Beginning tomorrow ...

A proposed energy facility in Pana‘ewa is still far from reality but already has residents raising their eyebrows.

Barry Branin, a leader of the community group Morro Bay Citizens for Estero Bay Preservation, held up a “No batteries by the bay” yard sign, which the group passed out to their neighbors two years ago to discourage Vistra from pursuing the project.

If a battery inside one of those containers overheats, the rest can be shut down to prevent further problems, DTE officials said. If a blaze sparks in one container, its neighboring container is far enough away that the fire shouldn’t spread. Each container has fire suppression inside.

Kim and Luis Solano, the owners, were forced to close their business after the January 16th explosion and fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant at the Phase I building of the Vistra Battery Energy ...