BESS stands for “Battery Energy Storage System.” The largest BESS in the US is located at Moss Landing in California. It is 3000 Megawatt-hours in size, and was built in sections.

In the wake of a spate of fires at battery storage facilities across the state, the California Public Utilities Commission ...

Researchers find heavy metals in sensitive habitat near Moss Landing battery fire site, a group of locals collect 125 samples ...

A week after a large-scale fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, California Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) ...

The CPUC will vote on a proposal adopting new safety standards for the maintenance and operation of battery energy storage ...

The state of the domestic solar and energy storage supply chain, Q1 2025. U.S. solar power purchase agreement prices rise 3.3 ...

After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...

Brian Hackney reports on the environmental impacts of the fire that happened at a Northern California lithium battery plant.

President Trump on Monday fired all three Democrats on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), bringing much ...

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in ...

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