Vistra, LG Energy Expand Californian Battery Facility to 1.6 GWh

• Vistra lately finished construction on the 100-megawatt Phase II of the plant, which brought the Moss Landing facility's total ability to 400 MW/1.6 GWh, making it the largest of its kind worldwide.
• Moss Landing is a flagship project in which Vistra established advanced energy storage space capability, for which LG Energy Solution supplied batteries utilizing its newest innovative Transportable Rack (TR1300).

Vistra Corp., a Texas-based energy company, and LG Energy Solution, a South Korean battery manufacturer, have actually completed establishing the 400 MW/1.6 GWh Vistra Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Monterey County, California. Vistra just recently completed construction on Phase II of the facility.

The battery system is now keeping power and releasing it to California's grid when it is needed. The 100-megawatt development as part of Phase II has brought the facility's overall capacity to 400 MW/1.6 GWh, making it the largest of its kind on the planet.

"This facility gives a solution California frantically requires and this growth was able to come online at the right time-- as the summer warmth heightens and demand for electricity is at its highest possible. It is feasible due to the partnership between Vistra and the State of California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, LG Energy Solution, and Burns & McDonnell," stated Curt Morgan, president at Vistra.

Declared just 15 months back with construction beginning in September 2020, the Phase II growth project was finished in July 2021, ahead of timetable despite the many difficulties provided by the COVID-19 pandemic, claimed Vistra.

Moss Landing is a flagship project in which Vistra established advanced energy storage capability, for which LG Energy Solution offered batteries using its most recent innovative Transportable Rack (TR1300).

The project is also the globe's biggest lithium-ion battery energy storage project, and LG Energy Solution's innovative item advancement and efficient on-site support decreased installation time and expenses, and strengthened customer value, said LG.

Vistra's lately added facility is co-located on the site of its existing Moss Landing Nuclear power plant in Monterey County, a website that's been providing electricity to Californians given that 1950. Burns & McDonnell provided engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) expertise for the expansion.

The 100-MW/400-MWh Phase II expansion is operating under a 10-year resource competence agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The 300-MW/1,200-MWh Phase I forecast has a similar 20-year source competence agreement with PG&E.

"As the California blackouts of August 2020 and warm front in the West Coast obtain nationwide and also international focus, the role of battery energy storage space in supplying energy and making certain quality control ends up being a lot more crucial to us too," said Youngjoon Shin, LG Energy Solution's SVP of ESS Business.

The Moss Landing project will certainly allow the improvement of California's energy system to even more tidy renewable resources, minimizing greenhouse gas emissions while improving reliability of the power grid. With the collaboration between LG Energy Solution and Vistra, emissions-free power is being supplied to 300,000 families when it is needed most, claimed LG.