Tesla’s SA big battery just got 50% bigger after goals thanks to Autobidder

Re:Tesla’s SA big battery just got 50% bigger after goals th... by dmix on Saturday July 04, 2020 @10:17PM (#23736186)

This is good news but expansion of only 50% is underwhelming and $15m is small potatoes compared to other energy projects. Ideally they'd be significantly expanding this or building whole new plants.

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Re:Tesla’s SA big battery just got 50% bigger after goals th... by SEJeff on Sunday July 05, 2020 @12:39AM (#23736630)

They're building one in Ventura, CA that is about 3 times bigger than the one in south australia. It will be 100 MW/400 MWh whereas the Hornsdale power reserve is 100MW/129MWh currently and will be 150MW / 129MWh after this update.

Then there is the absolutely monstrous PG&E Tesla battery at Moss Landing (also in California) which will start as 182.5MW / 730MWh, but is forecast to eventually grow to 1.1GWh of energy.

A contract for a "smaller" one with Hawaii Electric that works out to 135MW / 185MWh was just signed in March with Tesla.

etc.

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Re:Tesla’s SA big battery just got 50% bigger after goals th... by dmix on Sunday July 05, 2020 @03:15AM (#23737106)

Perfect. Glad to hear they are legitimately expanding and trying out the model in the US.

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