Study: Vistra Battery Plant Fire Left 55,000 Pounds of Heavy Metals in Wetland Soil

Study: Vistra battery plant fire left 55,000 pounds of heavy metals in wetland soil

Scientists are now getting a clearer picture of how last winter’s fire at the Vistra battery plant in Moss Landing has affected nearby wetlands.

Plans for huge new oceanfront battery storage plant are withdrawn following disastrous Moss Landing fire

The Texas company that owns the battery storage plant at Moss Landing that burned in a spectacular fire in January, raising questions nationwide about the safety of the fast-growing renewable energy technology, has withdrawn plans to build a similarly-sized battery storage plant in the adjacent county. Vistra, based in Dallas, has notified the California Energy Commission that it is dropping efforts to secure state permits to construct a 600-meg…

Bay Area research team identifies toxic metals tied to Moss Landing battery storage facility fire

When smoke poured out from a fire at a battery storage facility at Moss Landing in January, nobody knew how far it would travel or the toxic particles it might carry with it. But now, researchers from the San Jose State University Moss Landing Marine Lab are isolating clues in an environmentally sensitive waterway known as Elkhorn Slough.

Moss Landing researchers release findings on heavy metals from battery fire.

The scientists at Moss Landing Marine Labs were not well-versed in studying batteries, nor how they break down in soils or estuarine wetlands. But after a lithium-ion battery fire erupted on Jan. 16 at the world’s largest battery energy storage…