Following last month’s fire at a battery storage facility in the Village of Warwick, Mayor Michael Newhard said the company operating the facility had not been ...

Nine months after a huge fire at a battery storage plant in Moss Landing raised questions about how to balance public safety with California’s ambitious plans to expand renewable energy, officials in ...

A packed town hall at Watsonville City Hall on Monday listened to community concerns over a proposed battery energy storage facility planned off Minto Road, near homes and schools. Many residents ...

Responding to a major fire in January at a battery storage plant in Moss Landing that sent a toxic cloud over a wide area and caused the evacuations of residents and the closure of Highway 1, the ...

In early January, the massive Moss Landing Power Plant just north of Monterey caught fire, leaving an entire community mired in noxious air as the blaze burned for days. The plant, home to lithium ion ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ivano W. Aiello, San José State University (THE CONVERSATION) When fire broke out at ...

When fire broke out at the world's largest battery energy storage facility in January 2025, its thick smoke blanketed surrounding wetlands, farms and nearby communities on the central California coast ...

Responding to a major fire in January at a battery storage plant in Moss Landing that sent a toxic cloud over a wide area and caused the evacuations of residents and the closure of Highway 1, the ...

After a thermal runaway set the world’s largest battery storage facility on fire last winter near Monterey, Ivano Aiello and his colleagues at San José State University had some detective work to do.

After a massive blaze at one of the world’s largest battery storage facilities in Monterey County this past January, thick smoke spread over the area, and residents reported ailments such as bloody ...