This recent fire highlights not only the immediate environmental effects but also the long-term implications for the role of lithium-ion technology in renewable energy.

A major fire burning at one of the world’s largest battery storage plants in Northern California is sending up flames of toxic smoke.

AZL has been testing its own, as well as third-party extraction methods at the nearby Lithium Research Centre (LRC). It produced its first battery-grade lithium carbonate in August last year ...

Last Monday the workshop and stock was badly damaged after a lithium battery exploded – and a second battery also ignited. The damage bill was estimated to be at least $55,000. Nairne's Power ...

A major fire burning at one of the world's largest battery storage plants in California is sending up flames of toxic smoke, ...

according to the Mercury News. Lithium battery fires can emit toxic gases that can cause respiratory problems and skin burns and are difficult to extinguish. The large plant, which stores some 750 ...

Mike turned the key to fire up the Mercury outboard on his Nitro bass ... that we could deplete a modern 12-volt, 100-amp lithium starting battery and it never occurred to us to try to figure ...

California was an early adopter of battery storage and leads the nation with more than 11 gigawatt-hours online. Experts say lithium batteries are a safe technology essential for lowering carbon ...

RELATED: Huge fire at Moss Landing battery plant spurs evacuations, road closures, sends out plumes of toxic smoke “A lot of the cars in the evacuation area were lithium batteries,” said ...

As the fire sent up towering flames and black smoke and showed no sign of easing by Thursday night, about 1,500 people were instructed to leave Moss Landing and the Elkhorn Slough area, The Mercury ...