tesla to install world's largest grid-scale battery in south australia - battery energy storage system
South Australia chooses Tesla to install the world's largest power grid-
Scale batteries, which will be paired with the wind farm provided by sinn in France, is a major test of the reliability of large batteries
Expand the use of renewable energy.
Fifth Southern Australia
The largest state with a population of 1.
7 million, already ahead of the rest of the country in turning to wind power.
It shut down coal.
In eastern China, power outages caused by coal-fired power plants pushed up energy prices.
The disadvantage of South Australia's heavy reliance on renewable energy is the inability to fully store these energy sources, which makes it vulnerable when the wind does not blow.
The project has a storage capacity of 129 MW.
A Tesla spokesman told Reuters it was enough to light up 30,000 families.
Tesla must deliver 100 under the terms of the agreement
The MW battery matches Tesla CEOElon Musk's promise on Twitter within 100 days of contract signing or free.
"There will be a lot of people who will look at this, 'Did they finish it in 100 days? Did it work?
Musk told reporters in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.
"We will make sure it does. ”The 100-
A political source said the day's deadline will start in a few weeks after South Australia, Telsa, neonen and Australian Energy Market operators have reached a connection agreement.
A spokesman for Musk and South Australian Prime Minister Jay withermere declined to disclose the cost of the project.
Musk said his company would "lose $50 or more" if it could not deliver the project in time, but did not elaborate.
Lithium battery designed to provide emergency backup-
A spokesman for the state government said that if the energy shortage is predicted, electricity will be built at the South Australian site.
Tesla said in a statement that the system, which will be built in December 2017, will be the largest lithium-
Ion battery storage projects in the world, more than 80 MW
The hourly power station in Mira Rome, Ontario, California is also built using Tesla batteries.
Neighboring Victoria is also seeking 100 megawatts.
The hourly battery capacity will be installed by January. Lithium-
Ion batteries have been widely used since about 1991, but are mostly small-scale, such as laptops and mobile phones.
Typical lithium
150 watt ion battery can be stored
The battery is 1 kg hours, more than twice the capacity of the nickel battery.
Its supporters have been pushing for greater use of lithium batteries.
Adrian Griffin said: "In order for lithium technology to take off on a global scale, they clearly need storage capacity to ensure that renewable energy can deliver services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, "Geologists specializing in lithium extraction
Dozens of companies from 10 countries have expressed interest in the South Australian project, including the privately owned Lyon Group, which cooperates with US power company AES Corp.