Then in September 2022, a fire broke out at the PG&E Elkhorn battery plant. Police closed Highway 1 for 12 hours. An ...

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to enact a proclamation of local emergency related to the Vistra ...

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This recent fire highlights not only the immediate environmental effects but also the long-term implications for the role of ...

About 80% of the plant, and the lithium ... battery storage facility in Moss Landing during a press conference in Castroville, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group ...

A major fire burning at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke.

Scientists have linked a lithium battery plant fire in California earlier this month to a surge in heavy metals found in nearby soil.

Stardust Power Inc. a U.S. developer of battery-grade lithium products, broke ground on its lithium refinery at the Southside ...

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Followed categories will be added to My News. Demand for lithium ... extraction methods at the nearby Lithium Research Centre (LRC). It produced its first battery-grade lithium carbonate in ...