Monterey County officials declared a local emergency after a fire ignited at a power plant and one of the largest lithium battery storage facilities in the world last week, releasing a large plume ...

Following a lithium-ion battery fire at the Moss Landing plant in Monterey County in California, communities nationwide are expressing concerns about hosting similar plants.

The not-batteries are shoveled into massive metal containers with soft tops and are trucked to Grassy Mountain, a waste disposal facility in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert, officials said. The battery ...

THE BILL WOULD ALSO REQUIRE BATTERY STORAGE FACILITIES TO ADHERE TO THE STRONGEST STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AND HAZARD MITIGATION.. TUESDAY THE MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS VOTING UNANIMOUSLY ...

In the meantime, Monterey County is continuing ... Newer plants use lithium-iron-phosphate batteries, which are less prone to fires and the battery units are housed in individual metal containers ...

Lithium-ion battery storage systems like the one planned for Marine ... Many pointed to a January fire at a battery storage facility in Monterey County, California, which burned for several days.

"It is encouraging to see these regulations," Monterey County Supervisor Glenn Church ... the current emergency response procedure for a lithium battery fire is to “let it burn.” ...

Following a lithium-ion battery fire at the Moss Landing plant in Monterey County in California, communities nationwide are expressing concerns about hosting similar plants.