mercury nz picks tesla for ground-breaking battery trial - battery energy storage system

Mercury selects Tesla as a supplier to the scalable State Grid
After the bidding procedure was launched on last September, the battery was connected for trial. A direct grid-
The battery connected is large.
The scale battery is able to directly capture, store and return energy to the state grid, making it possible to provide energy when the utilization rate is high or the supply is interrupted.
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Retailers, formerly known as MightyRiverPower, are investing more than $2 million in research to integrate 1 MW/2 MW hourly battery technology with New Zealand power systems.
The test involves a large Tesla Powerpack 2-
Mercury says scale batteries are the same as the modular, scalable technology Tesla has installed in projects in South Australia and Southern California.
The trial will be based at the Mercury R & D center in South Auckland, which is connected to the State Grid and has the ability to expand battery storage.
Mercury will explore traded energy stored in batteries in the wholesale power and Reserve Markets.
According to Mercury, Tesla's Powerpack 2 will be installed, connected to the grid in August 2018 and ready to trade in the wholesale market.
"Technology like battery storage has the potential to complement our nation's energy systems as it supports greater sustainability in the construction, transportation and agriculture sectors," said chief executive Fraser huinaley.
Mercury chose Tesla because "Tesla has a good record on the ground --
"Break projects around the world," he said . ".
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