South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill listens as Tesla chief executive Elon Musk announces at a ceremony in Adelaide that Tesla will install the world’s largest grid-scale battery in Australia. Musk’s electric car company Tesla announced Friday that it won the bid to build the battery in the Australian state of South Australia in an agreement that includes Neoen, a French renewable energy provider, and the South Australian government. Tesla’s 100MW/129MWh battery will partner with Neoen’s Hornsdale wind farm, which is north of South Australia, putting Australia at the center of global energy storage technology according to BusinessInsider. This will be the highest power battery system in the world by a factor of 3. Tesla says the battery will be running constantly and will provide stability services for renewable energy and be available for emergency backup power if an energy shortfall is predicted.

Source: Washington Post July 07, 2017 15:45 UTC