Real scene of energy storage equipment landing in the factory

What happened at Moss Landing energy storage facility?

On the evening of Sept. 4, 2021, the water-based battery heat suppression system activated at the Phase I battery system of the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility owned and operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of Vistra Corp. The ensuing incident caused damage to roughly 7% of the facility’s battery modules and to other facility systems.

Could Moss Landing be a 'unique opportunity' for energy storage?

The site at Moss Landing then offers what Vistra called a “unique opportunity” to expand the project’s size and storage capacity even further: the company claimed that the industrial zone in which it sits offers the potential to support up to 1,500MW / 6,000MWh of energy storage capacity, “should market and economic conditions support it”.

How is heat stored?

Storage of heat is accomplished by sensible and to a lesser extent latent thermal energy storage in many applications, and less research is available on chemical and thermochemical heat storage. The key enabling technologies in most storage systems are in systems engineering and material science.

What happened at Vistra Energy Moss Landing?

The Vistra Energy Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility Phase II set off fire alarms just after 8 p.m. (PST) on Feb. 13. Upon arrival, the local fire department found roughly 10 battery racks that were completely melted. The fire department representatives said that the fire was extinguished.

How does Hosseini et al model compressed hydrogen storage?

Hosseini et al. thermodynamically model the filling phase of compressed hydrogen storage and analyze it based on the second law of thermodynamics. Fuel cells are low power-density devices like batteries that convert chemical energy to electricity.

What will Shanghai's energy-storage project do?

Zhuang Mudi, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai municipal government, said the project will help drive the development of the new energy-storage industry, as well as the green and low-carbon transformation of Shanghai.