The Moss Landing Power Plant is a natural gas powered electricity generation plant as well as a battery energy storage facility, located in Moss Landing, California, United States, at the midpoint of Monterey Bay. As of 2024, the site's battery storage facility is the largest in the world, at 930 MW (power) and 3,700 MWh (energy).

Jan 18, 2025 · A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California is smoldering after sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere ... This image from video shows flames rising after a major fire erupted Thursday afternoon at the Moss Landing Power Plant, located about 77 miles (about 124 kilometers) south of San Francisco ...

The Moss Landing Power Plant Project is a 1,060 megawatt natural gas-fired, combined cycle facility located near the Moss Landing Harbor, Monterey County. The project was certified by the CEC on October 25, 2000 and began commercial operation on July 11, 2002.

Jan 17, 2025 · The fire that started Thursday at the Vistra Energy battery plant in Moss Landing, roughly 80 miles (about 130 kilometers) south of San Francisco, led to 1,700 people evacuating, closed part of Highway 1 and generated huge flames and significant amounts of smoke.

5 days ago · The fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant, which ignited on Jan. 16, burned for five days and ultimately destroyed around 80% of the batteries inside the building.

Jan 17, 2025 · Power company Vistra ’ s flagship grid battery project, housed in and around a historic power plant dating back to 1950, erupted into flames Thursday night and prompted nearby residents to evacuate from Moss Landing, California.

Jan 18, 2025 · An evacuation order has been lifted after a lithium-ion battery fire broke out at a power plant facility in Central California Thursday night, officials said Friday.

Jan 17, 2025 · MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed early Friday after a major fire erupted at one of the world's...

Jan 17, 2025 · Vistra Energy, which owns the natural gas-fueled Moss Landing Power Plant and adjoining lithium-ion battery facility on the Monterey County coast, confirmed in an email a fire had broken out in...

Jan 17, 2025 · A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Central California Thursday. The battery power plant is the largest in the world according to the company, Vistra, that...