California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 283, authored by state Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), into law last week.

Batteries that pair with clean solar and wind energy or just bolster electrical grids in general have completely taken off ...

Less than a year after the Moss Landing Power Plant fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill strengthening safety standards ...

Senate Bill 283 requires battery storage developers to coordinate with local fire departments both before submitting their project applications and after installation is complete.

A business park in South San Jose. Jack London Square in Oakland. The San Diego waterfront. Next door to a high school in Santa Barbara County. Across California, large battery storage plants are ...

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Howe cited the risk of lithium-ion battery fires at the proposed site. He noted a massive fire at a plant in Moss Landing, ...

On Tuesday Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 283, tightening safety rules for new battery storage facilities and boosting ...

Senate Bill 283, authored by Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) requires battery developers to work directly with local fire ...

Vistra’s Moss Landing battery storage facility caught fire on Jan. 16 prompting the evacuation of about 1,200 people. Courtesy of KTVU The massive lithium battery fire at Moss Landing confirmed the ...

(KRON) — Research scientists with San Jose State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) detected “unusually high concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles” in marsh soils at Elkhorn ...