| Moss Landing Power Plant | |
|---|---|
 Moss Landing Power Plant, with its highly visible stacks | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Moss Landing, California |
| Coordinates | 36°48′17.54″N 121°46′55.19″W / 36.8048722°N 121.7819972°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1950 |
| Owners | Dynegy, a subsidiary of Vistra Corp |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Combined cycle? | Yes |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 x 530 MW |
| Units decommissioned | 7 |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,060 MW |
| Annual net output | 5,336 GWh (2022)[1] |
| Storage capacity | 567.5 MW (starting late 2020)[2] |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Moss Landing Power Plant is a natural gas powered electricity generation plant located in Moss Landing, California, United States, at the midpoint of Monterey Bay. Its large stacks are landmarks, visible throughout the Monterey Bay Area. The plant is owned and operated by Houston-based Dynegy and currently has a generation capacity of 1020 MW (net) from its two combined cycle generation units.[3] It was once the largest power plant in the state of California, with a generation capacity of 2560 MW, before its two large supercritical steam units were retired in 2016.
It is the site of a new battery storage power station for grid battery storage of 750 MWh MW / 3,000 MWh of power, potentially the world's largest when completed. A fire occurred on site in 2022 during construction, and PG&E and Tesla took corrective actions.[4] The project still moved forward and Phase III was completed and went into operation in June 2023.[5][2]
- ^ "Electricity Data Browser - Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant". www.eia.gov. Archived from the original on January 17, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Spector, Julian (November 8, 2018). "PG&E's Record-Breaking Battery Proposal Wins Approval From Regulators". Greentech Media. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020.
four projects, totaling 567.5 megawatts/2,270 megawatt-hours … includes … 182.5-megawatt/730-megawatt-hour Tesla system that PG&E would own at a substation nearby.
- ^ "Dynergy Generating Assets". Archived from the original on January 17, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- ^ "PG&E Shares Findings of September 2022 Moss Landing Megapack Incident". Archived from the original on January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
- ^ "Vistra Moss Landing Phase III expansion complete". September 3, 2023.