Failure Event - US, CA, Moss Landing - 16 Jan 2025
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Overview
Event Details
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| Location: | US, CA, Moss Landing |
| Capacity (MW): | 300 |
| Capacity (MWh): | 1,200 |
| Battery Module: | LG Energy Solution |
| Integrator: | Fluence |
| Application: | Solar Integration |
| Installation: | Power Plant |
| Enclosure Type: | Building |
| Event Date: | 16 January 2025 |
| System Age (yr): | 4.1 |
| Extent of Damage: | 80% of batteries were burnt. |
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| Description: | A fire broke out in Vistra's 300 MW / 1200 MWh Phase I BESS plant. Firefighters are using a "monitor and contain" approach and allowing the fire to burn itself out. The police issued evacuation orders and closed two nearby roads and a highway, and the local school district closed all schools for one day. The US EPA, the Monterey Bay Air Resources District, and Vistra monitored air quality in and around the fire perimeter and across Monterey County, and found that levels of Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) remained below acute Reference Exposure Level thresholds. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories found elevated levels of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in soil samples at concentrations roughly 100 to 1,000 times higher than normal.
The Moss Landing site is home to two separately owned BESS systems: PG&E's Elkhorn system, and Vistra's Moss Landing systems (Phase I, II, and III). The Phase I Vistra system experienced an incident in 2021 and came back online in 2022. |
| Root Cause: | |
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| Source: | Mercury News |
| Additional Resources: | [NBC https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/battery-facility-industry-storage-discussions/3784945/ Mercury News Monterey County] |
- Note: Missing values in this table reflect unknowns.
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