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Hard Left News<p>Last night there was a fire in Moss Landing, CA wherein a phase 1 LG Lithium Ion BESS (battery energy storage system) burned.</p><p>A water-based mitigation system did not work as designed, Vistra's senior director of community affairs Brad Watson said at this morning's news conference. Watch the Moss Landing Power Plant Official Press Conference here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z10K47ii5C8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Z10K47ii5C8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TelsaMegapacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TelsaMegapacks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mosslanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mosslanding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MontereyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MossLandingPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MossLandingPowerPlant</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Thebratdragon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Thebratdragon</span></a></span> It seems the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> batteries were involved in the fire. And it seems that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificGasAndElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificGasAndElectric</span></a> also had a hand in "ensuring safety" at the facility. And they want to keep <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant</span></a> going? smh</p><p>"This is not the plant's first fire; it experienced another in September 2022, when an individual battery storage unit rose in flames.</p><p>"Operations resumed in December 2022 after the Energy Safety Response Group (ESRG), a third-party energy safety consultant, finalized a review of the situation. PG&amp;E, in conjunction with Tesla, the battery provider, 'implemented corrective actions and conducted extensive system testing,' as PG&amp;E announced.</p><p>"The exact cause of the current incident at the plant remains uncertain. Still, ESRG's 2022 report identified that last year's fire was sparked by 'an equipment installation issue resulting in water ingress caused the battery's cells to overheat and catch fire,' according to the press release.</p><p>"Due to the blaze, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Highway1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highway1</span></a> near the site has been shut down, as reported by KION concerning the California Highway Patrol."</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tesla-battery-storage-plant-fire-erupts-as-residents-told-to-shelter-in-place/ar-AA1xlUae" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/technology/</span><span class="invisible">tesla-battery-storage-plant-fire-erupts-as-residents-told-to-shelter-in-place/ar-AA1xlUae</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MossLandingPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MossLandingPowerPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MontereyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyCounty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BESSfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BESSfires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumBatteries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumBatteryFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumBatteryFires</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MossLanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MossLanding</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>"The [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumBatteryFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumBatteryFire</span></a>], which is more than 300 miles away from and totally unrelated to the Southern California wildfires, was 'raging out of control Thursday night, sending up huge flames and clouds of hazardous black smoke,' according to local news reports.</p><p>"It was reported at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MossLandingPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MossLandingPowerPlant</span></a> located in northern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MontereyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyCounty</span></a> around 3 p.m.</p><p>"Evacuations of about 1,500 people were ordered for the area, and the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office called other agencies in the county to help with the emergency.</p><p>"The facility, owned by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VistraEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VistraEnergy</span></a>, a Texas company, is one of the largest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BatteryStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatteryStorage</span></a> plants in the world, The Mercury News reported. It holds tens of thousands of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumBatteries</span></a>, which are used to store electricity generated from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPower</span></a>.</p><p>"'There’s no way to sugarcoat it. This is a disaster, is what it is,' Monterey County Supervisor Glen Church told KSBW-TV. 'This is extremely disconcerting.'</p><p>"The plant is located on the site of a now-shuttered 1950s-era PG&amp;E Moss Landing natural gas plant, which was converted into a BESS facility in 2020. The site can store a total of 750 megawatts of energy, which is sold to PG&amp;E, The Mercury News reported. A separate 182-megawatt battery storage plant that has 256 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Megapack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Megapack</span></a>' battery packs is also located on the north side of the site. According to The Mercury News, that facility did not appear to be burning.</p><p>"The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but past reports indicate that this is the third fire at the facility."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumFire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Airquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Airquality</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicAir</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>‘Out of control’: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumBattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumBattery</span></a> energy storage site catches fire in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, forcing mass evacuation, reports say</p><p>Published: Jan. 17, 2025</p><p>"A major fire erupted at a battery energy storage site (BESS) in California on Thursday, forcing a mass evacuation and a call for residents in neighboring towns to shut their windows and stay indoors to avoid the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicSmoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicSmoke</span></a>, according to recent reports."</p><p><a href="https://www.silive.com/news/2025/01/out-of-control-battery-energy-storage-site-catches-fire-in-california-forcing-mass-evacuation-reports-say.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">silive.com/news/2025/01/out-of</span><span class="invisible">-control-battery-energy-storage-site-catches-fire-in-california-forcing-mass-evacuation-reports-say.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MontereyCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyCalifornia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumFire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Airquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Airquality</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicAir</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MossLandingPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MossLandingPowerPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MossLanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MossLanding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BESSFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BESSFires</span></a></p>
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