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.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 month ago

    LIthium Iron Phosphate is cheapest relatively dense battery type. Sodium ion will be if lithium get expensive.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 month ago

      You can draw an arbitrary line of density you find good enough. But with how much space us wasted in some countries, that line should vary a bit place to place

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 month ago

        With 40 foot containers providing utility or smaller scale storage solutions of 2.9mwh per container with LFP batteries, that is about 170mwh per acre. Before stacking. I don’t believe a lack of density matters anywhere in the world. Spare space inside buildings is usually sufficient for building needs.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•1 month ago

          A lack of density definitely matters in some places. I’ve been to a bunch of countries now, some have plenty of space, some really don’t