south australia promises world's largest virtual power plant - powerwall 2 price1
SYDNEY (Reuters)-
South Australian Prime Minister Jay Weatherill announced a plan on Sunday to build a network of 50,000 home solar systems supported by Tesla's Powerwall battery before the state election.
"We are leading the world in renewable energy with the world's largest battery, the world's largest solar thermal power plant and now the world's largest virtual power plant, he said in a television interview in the Adelaide Capital.
"Its scale is the reason for its success.
The government said on its website that the project will test 1,100 public housing units in the first place.
5 KW solar panel system and 13.
5kWh Tesla Powerwall 2 batteries will be installed free of charge to participating families, but will pass $2 million by selling power and taxpayers ($1. 6-million)
Government funding and 30 yuan-
Millions of loans from the countrygovernment-
Renewable technology fund.
The South Australian Labor Party, which has been in power since 2002, previously hired entrepreneur Elon Musk to build the world's largest lithium-ion battery, which was put into operation in December 1, on the first day of the summer, power the state's crumbling grid in time.
Supporters say batteries will help stabilize the grid after more than 40% of the state's electricity comes from wind energy, suffered a series of power outages and soaring energy prices.
On the same day the solar announcement came, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull launched a campaign for Steven Marshall, the leader of the state opposition from the conservative Liberal Party.
Marshall will try to drive more left.
The Labor government of Yongzhou was elected in March 17.
In a televised campaign, Turnbull slammed South Australia's energy policy, calling it a "reckless energy experiment" that created the highest electricity price in developed countries.
"They ignored the small details that the wind wouldn't blow every day, which was secondary to them," he said . ". ($1=1.
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