The Board of Supervisors (BoS) of Orange County, California, has enacted an emergency moratorium on the approval of any new BESS facilities proposed for unincorporated areas of the county in order to protect the “health, safety and welfare” of its residents. 

Known facts and expert opinion on last week’s fire incident at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California.

A fire broke out yesterday (16 January) at the Moss Landing facility which houses what was once the world’s largest BESS, owned by Vistra Energy, in California, US.

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Owner Vistra Energy has announced the completion of work to expand its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California.

Vistra Energy’s expansion of the world’s largest battery storage facility is due for completion this summer.

A fire at PG&E’s Tesla-supplied Elkhorn Battery energy storage system at Moss Landing is considered fully controlled and road closures and shelter-in-place advisories have been lifted.

Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, the single largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the world so far, is back online.

Californian investor-owned utility (IOU) PG&E has revealed its energy storage plans in a Climate Strategy Report and cut the ribbon on the 182.5MW Elkhorn battery energy storage system (BESS).