Cyprus vistra moss landing energy storage facility

Does Vistra have a battery storage facility?

Vistra recently completed construction on Phase II of its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility. The battery system is now storing power and releasing it to California’s grid when needed. The 100-megawatt expansion brings the facility’s total capacity to 400 megawatts/1,600 megawatt-hours.

When will Vistra's Moss Landing battery energy storage project start?

Pending the receipt of CPUC approval, Vistra anticipates construction on the third phase of the Moss Landing battery energy storage project will commence in May 2022 and will begin commercial operations prior to June 2023. With a robust pipeline of projects, Vistra plans to grow its zero-carbon Vistra Zero portfolio to 7,300 MW by 2026.

How many homes can Vistra power in Moss Landing?

Phase I of the project saw Vistra’s 300 megawatt/1,200 megawatt-hours lithium-ion battery storage system in Moss Landing connected to the power grid, beginning operations in December 2020 with a capability of powering about 225,000 homes during peak electricity pricing periods.

What is Moss Landing's energy storage capacity?

Today's announcement brings the Moss Landing site's total energy storage capacity to 750 MW/3,000 MWh, the largest of its kind in the world: Morgan continued, "With this planned expansion, we are moving the Moss Landing site closer to its full potential.

What happened to Vistra's Moss Landing project?

As regular readers of Energy-Storage.news will know, Vistra’s Moss Landing project has not had the easiest first few years of operation: between September 2021 and June 2022, both of the first two phases had to be taken offline after separate overheating incidents.

Where is Vistra's lithium-ion battery system located?

Utilizing technology from LG Energy Solution, Vistra’s enormous lithium-ion battery system is co-located on the site of its existing Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, a site that’s been providing electricity to Californians since 1950.