Showing posts with tag: #mosslanding

"Vistra operates three battery storage facilities on the site. The one that caught fire is a 350-thousand-megawatt facility capable of powering 262,500 homes...County officials said Friday morning that 75% of the battery plant had burned. " 😬

by AI6YR Ben ; 1 day ago

I wonder how much better or worse this fire is versus living down wind from a coal power plant. Spoiler alert: the fallout from coal plants is pretty horrific.

by Douglas ; 5 days ago

@douglasvb

OK I'm still not clear what's happened here

"The fire at the Vistra lithium ion battery storage facility began... "

"the lithium ion battery plant owned..."

So does this place manufacture Li-ion batteries, store batteries manufactured elsewhere, or store electrical power in finished batteries

Not sure what difference there really is between the three, but haven't seen what the facility *is* clearly called out

cc @ai6yr

by FinchHaven ; 4 days ago

@ai6yr (posted in another thread as well)

by FreddyB Aviation Photography ; 5 days ago

@ai6yr pretty much just like the last time. Evacuate for a day. Let it burn itself out. Hopefully there's no significant fallout

by Douglas ; 5 days ago

@ai6yr I wonder if the batteries went off again

by andybrwn ; 5 days ago

@ai6yr Moss Landing Power Plant as seen from our chopper, September 2012. The plant is at the edge of the estuary where it meets the ocean

by FreddyB Aviation Photography ; 5 days ago

@ai6yr How the f did THAT catch on fire?

by Cat West ; 4 days ago

@douglasvb Not again!!

by AI6YR Ben ; 5 days ago

The fire at one of the several #GridScaleStorage #battery #VirtualPowerPlant s is still burning in #MossLanding #California . And everyone is still evacuated. It's been about a day now.

Here's some info on the fire: https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/how-to-stay-safe-in-a-fire-emergency-it-all-comes-down-to-preparation/article_b9c37c5a-d52b-11ef-8863-4387b46d1b97.html

There are some decent photos here: https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/how-to-stay-safe-in-a-fire-emergency-it-all-comes-down-to-preparation/article_b9c37c5a-d52b-11ef-8863-4387b46d1b97.html

It's looking like the facility is going to be offline for a long time. This will probably end up as a case study in my classes in the future.

by Douglas ; 5 days ago