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.......................
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.
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.
Ticking Time-Bombs
only 5 months before a major issue???
Wonder what the WARRANTY says???
Hope they all burn so we can dispell this delusion
So, the color of smoke from burning batteries is green?🙄
So much carbon used to charge them, so much added to the air. I an’t sleep. All freeeeee