AP News reported that a fire broke out Thursday at the Moss Landing Power Plant, a natural gas-fired generation plant with thousands of lithium batteries for energy storage.
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Local media outlet The Mercury News noted that fires at the Vistra plant, which Vistra Energy owns, and one of the largest battery storage facilities in the world boasting a capacity of 750 megawatts and 3,000 megawatt-hours, experienced fires in 2021 and 2022. The energy storage facility plays a massive role in stabilizing California's power grid.
Yes, home-installed battery packs were also mentioned in the video. It's an absolute (toxic) mess. They can't start clearing debris until hazmat teams identify these sites and how far they're spread. Because of the constant dousing of water, the toxic materials have likely seeped into the soil, so that will need to be addressed too. I really hope honest journalists document how having all these EVs/ Battery Packs concentrated so closely has created a worse environmental disaster than what the tech purports to prevent.
You should see the shit you have to put up with in CA if you want install a diesel generator. It's a fucking nightmare. Then the "air resources board" entitles itself to show up at your property and give you the 3rd degree over your generator, inspect your hours, and possibly fine you if you've run too many hours for your certificate.
Yet.. install a battery pack.. no problem.. no registration.. no oversight.
Not just in individual cars, either. Apparently a power plant that was storing lithium batteries also caught fire.
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/disaster-fire-erupts-california-battery-storage-plant
Yes, home-installed battery packs were also mentioned in the video. It's an absolute (toxic) mess. They can't start clearing debris until hazmat teams identify these sites and how far they're spread. Because of the constant dousing of water, the toxic materials have likely seeped into the soil, so that will need to be addressed too. I really hope honest journalists document how having all these EVs/ Battery Packs concentrated so closely has created a worse environmental disaster than what the tech purports to prevent.
You should see the shit you have to put up with in CA if you want install a diesel generator. It's a fucking nightmare. Then the "air resources board" entitles itself to show up at your property and give you the 3rd degree over your generator, inspect your hours, and possibly fine you if you've run too many hours for your certificate.
Yet.. install a battery pack.. no problem.. no registration.. no oversight.
FUCK the administrative state.