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A fire at a battery power plant in Central California triggered evacuation orders and road closures Thursday night. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office issued evacuation orders Thursday evening ...
The fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant, which ignited on Jan. 16, burned for five days and ultimately destroyed around 80% of the batteries inside the building.
Power was restored Tuesday at an overcrowded California men's prison that ran on emergency generator power for three days following a major electrical outage amid a heat wave. The problem was ...
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County is the largest power station in California with a nameplate capacity of 2,256 MW and an annual generation of 18,214 GWh in 2018. [6] The largest under construction is the Westlands Solar Park in Kings County , which will generate 2,000 MW when completed in 2025.
Flood watches were issued for Northern Nevada in December. [87] In parts of the Sierra Nevada, 7.5 in (19 cm) of snow fell in just one hour. [88] Reno, Nevada recorded its third wettest day on record. [89] The initial wave of storms in Nevada caused a fatality and $10 million in damage. [90] In addition, 35,000 customers in the state lost power ...
View of plants thermal condenser towers from Coyote Creek Trail, September 22, 2012 Aerial view of Metcalf Energy Center and Metcalf Substation (and RV storage lot). The Metcalf Energy Center is a 605 megawatt combined cycle power plant located in Silicon Valley, located in unincorporated Coyote Valley, south of San Jose, California and north of Morgan Hill, California.
PG&E also operates a separate 182-megawatt battery storage plant on site that has 256 Tesla “Megapack” battery packs — but that did not appear to be impacted by the fire.
By comparison, the ground tremors experienced by the Fukushima Daiichi power plant was reported as 0.2–0.51g, with the plant certified to withstand 0.18–0.36g. Subsequent inspection showed no significant damage to any of Fukushima Daiichi's four reactors from the earthquake, [ 29 ] indicating all four reactors exceeded safety specifications ...