Posted on 09/20/2022 9:16:02 AM PDT by artichokegrower
MOSS LANDING, Calif. — A section of Highway 1 in Moss Landing is closed as fire crews respond to a fire at an energy storage facility on Tuesday morning.
(Excerpt) Read more at ksbw.com ...
KSBW 8 reached out to both companies.
A Vistra Corp. spokesperson said their equipment is safe and was not impacted by the fire. The spokesperson said they are aware of a fire at the PG&E Elkhorn Battery facility, which is adjacent to their property.
PG&E has not returned KSBW 8's request for comment.
The 182.5-megawatt energy storage facility went online in April 2022. The system includes 256 Tesla Megapack battery units on 33 concrete slabs.
The future of wind and solar energy is tied to battery storage. These batteries are on fire now. The central California coast from Watsonville to Castroville is shut down The future is green
“The 182.5-megawatt energy storage facility went online in April 2022. The system includes 256 Tesla Megapack battery units on 33 concrete slabs.”
Not sure what they were expecting, putting that many Lithium batteries so close to each other.
Dummies!
an energy storage facility?
They mean BATTERY...................
Just wait until they have to power every truck, tractor, bus, ambulance, and automobile with electric power.
This should be fun.
This is what they voted for.......................
My hubby says that more of our enemies in this country ought to invest in green energy. They are doing a fine job of killing our electrical grid.
Since this is a green energy fire, expect news reports to be minimal and the whole incident memory-holed asap. And/or perhaps it will somehow be blamed on green-hating saboteurs.
Yes, make them live under their own rules.....................
Future is green on the outside...
Had a tour of ‘Mighty Moss’ 20+ years ago. Impressive.
Too bad they took the Moss Landing NG power station offline a few years ago, once the largest power plant in the state of California, with a generation capacity of 2560 MW.
Ain't gonna happen.
The law will explicitly exempt police, fire, medical, other emergency vehicles, and politicians' limos.
Ticking Time-Bombs
only 5 months before a major issue???
Wonder what the WARRANTY says???
Surely do hope they bought the extended warranty on those batteries.
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There are two separate energy storage facilities in Moss Landing. One is operated by Vistra Corp., the other is operated by Pacific Gas & Electric Company.
KSBW 8 reached out to both companies.
A Vistra Corp. spokesperson said their equipment is safe and was not impacted by the fire. The spokesperson said they are aware of a fire at the PG&E Elkhorn Battery facility, which is adjacent to their property.
PG&E sent the following response in an email (exact quote):
The safety of our customers, employees, contractors and the communities we serve is PG&E’s top priority.
Around 1:30 A.M. this morning, PG&E became aware of a fire in one Tesla Megapack at its Elkhorn Battery Storage facility in Monterey County.
PG&E is working with firefighters to stop the spread of the fire and provide a safe area for emergency response personnel.
Safety systems at the facility worked as designed when the issue was detected, and automatically disconnected the battery storage facility from the electrical grid.
There have been no injuries to onsite personnel.
There are no electrical outages for customers at this time due to the inciden
HOWEVER-—the drilling for & processing of fossil fuels may cease-—NOT enough customers......
Carts driven by cows, donkeys, and horses
But then again, you run into the ambient methane production,
so i guess that we are just left with unicorn fart power
Hope they all burn so we can dispell this delusion
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