World’s Biggest Battery Built By Tesla Saves Australian Region $40 Million In First Year

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In December this past year, Tesla lived up and set up a giant lithium ion battery in South Australia – a place that was plagued with power outages and blackouts.

Elon Musk had stated that, with his company’s enormous 100 MWh batterypowered, Tesla might address the region’s electricity problems and supply energy to thousands of houses in a fraction of the price of the machine in place at that time.

An array of batteries had been installed on a wind farm near Jamestown, in South Australia’s Mid North area. Tesla’s batteries have been charged in the wind farm with electricity, along with also their output signal provides the power grid with stability.

Before the setup, Mike Cannon-Brookes – co-founder along with co-CEO of software firm Atlassian, and a campaigner for renewable energy – tweeted Elon Musk concerning the job that was proposed.

He said:

Just how serious are you about this wager? If I can make the $ occur (& politics), can you ensure that the 100MW in 100 days?

To which Elon Musk replied:

Tesla will get the system functioning 100 times from contract signature and installed plus it is completely totally absolutely free. That significant enough for you?

Tesla will get the system functioning 100 times from contract signature and installed plus it is completely totally absolutely free. That significant enough to you?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2017

After exercising the contracts, the Tesla embarked on the challenging project, known as the Hornsdale Power Reserve (HPR).

In a blog post, the company wrote:

Upon conclusion by December 2017this system is going to be the largest battery storage job in the world and will offer electricity for over 30,000 houses.

[…] this grid scale energy storage job is not sustainable, but will help solve power shortages, decrease intermittencies, and manage summertime peak load to enhance the visibility of South Australia’s electrical infrastructure.

1 year since the conclusion of the undertaking, Aurecon – a technology and infrastructure advisory firm – have completed a report of their Tesla batteries, to examine how its new procedures of supplying energy have changed the current system.

They also wrote:

Aurecon’s independent report found that the system – possessed by Neoen and provided by Tesla – delivered project objectives, reduced volatility over the state-wide community over the 12-month span and led to a decrease of close to $40 million in the frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) market.

The setup of these batteries – the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery storage job – cost Tesla $66 million. Which meansin less than two years, the undertaking is going to have paid for itself.

The Tesla batteries supply the South Australian area the identical energy service but faster, more faithfully, and with zero emissions.

Paul Gleeson, Aurecon’s Energy Leader, said:

HPR is a game changer for its energy sector, and it has demonstrated some of the new capabilities we want from the power network to incorporate proportions of renewables.

What’s been achieved here by the SA government, Neoen and Tesla is the sort of approach that we will want in years ahead.

As the success of Tesla’s ion continues, Aurecon also think that the benefits could include enhanced energy equilibrium, as well as a decrease in prices.

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