Vistra Corp's 3000-megawatt Moss Landing energy storage facility went up in flames on Thursday, in a blaze that is expected to remain contained to the building. "There are no active fire suppression efforts going on, as the best approach, according to fire staff, is to allow the building and batteries to burn," according to a Monterey Sheriff official. Both Vistra and the county official said that all site personnel had been evacuated and no injuries were reported.

Yeah, I think massive chemical batteries for storing excess electricity to facilitate a contrived green energy market is a bad idea.

    • @Mihies@programming.devEnglish
      8•11 hours ago

      No, it’s not, at least not at scale, because you need specific geography and plenty of water. Why do you think we are not massively using it?

      • tehWrapperEnglish
        0•9 hours ago

        Can prob dig a whole system the same as they did to get all the materials for this mess.

        The water would also not be useless like all the water used to process the battery materials.