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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill strengthening safety standards for the development of new battery storage facilities across ...

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.

SANTA CRUZ — Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill strengthening safety standards for the development of new battery storage facilities across ...

TWAICE says California’s Senate Bill 283 will shift developers’ focus from hardware redesign to proactive documentation and data-driven safety compliance.

California has now reached 16,942 megawatts of available battery storage — about one-third of the estimated capacity needed ...

Santa Cruz County has published a draft ordinance establishing local rules for battery energy storage system projects and its ...

More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand. But as more energy storage is ...