World’s Largest Battery Energy Storage System Unveiled in California

LG Energy Solution and Vistra Corp. recently celebrated the completion of the 400MW/1.6GWh Vistra Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in Monterey County, Calif., at a media day in mid August. Representatives from California ISO, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Vistra, Burns & McDonnell and LG Energy Solution (as well as federal, state, and local elected officials and business leaders) attended the event for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, news conference, and site tours.

Moss Landing is a flagship project in which Vistra is developing advanced energy storage capacity, and LG Energy Solution has provided batteries for the first 400MW/1.6GWh of capacity using its Transportable Rack (TR1300). According to the stakeholders, the project is currently the world's largest lithium-ion battery energy storage project. Enabling the transformation of California's energy system to more clean renewable resources, this project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions while enhancing reliability of the power grid. With the cooperation between LG Energy Solution and Vistra, emissions-free electricity is being supplied to 300,000 households when it is needed most.

"As the California blackouts of August 2020 and heat waves in the West Coast gain national and even global attention, the role of battery energy storage in supplying energy and ensuring quality control becomes even more important to us as well," said Youngjoon Shin, LG Energy Solution's SVP of ESS Business. "Based on our timely experience with the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, LG Energy Solution will act as a solutions partner for the expansion of battery energy storage throughout the United States, further contributing to renewable energy for the climate."