MOSS LANDING, Calif. — The sight of the Moss Landing battery storage facility was originally opened in 1950 as a power plant. It was one of the largest power plants on the West Coast at the time.

MOSS LANDING – Some 1,200 residents were allowed to return home Friday night after they were evacuated a day earlier due to a major fire at the Vistra battery storage plant in Moss Landing.

A fire has broken out at a battery storage facility adjacent to the gas-fueled Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California, and locals are urged to shut down air systems and close ...

At the time, Vistra said that "300 megawatts/1,200 megawatt-hours, the lithium-ion battery storage system, located on-site at Vistra's Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California, will ...

The fire at Moss Landing Power Plant, one of the world's largest lithium battery storage facilities, started around 3 p.m. Thursday, sending plumes of black smoke into the air.

The plant is located on the site of a now-shuttered 1950s-era PG&E Moss Landing natural gas plant visible for its huge smokestacks near Moss Landing Harbor. The first phase was completed in 2020 ...

A power substation outside the battery building at the Vistra Corp. Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Moss Landing, California, U.S., on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.

"There is an ongoing fire at our Moss Landing Power Plant site. Our top priority is the safety of the community and our personnel, and Vistra deeply appreciates the continued assistance of our ...

Fire blazed Thursday night at the Vistra power plant’s battery storage facility in Moss Landing in northern Monterey County. Highway 1 was closed and evacuations were ordered in Moss Landing and ...

Fire blazed Thursday night at the Vistra power plant’s battery storage facility in Moss Landing in northern Monterey County. Highway 1 was closed and evacuations were ordered in Moss Landing and ...