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Tesla has switched on "the world's largest battery" in South Australia:
The world's largest lithium ion battery has begun dispensing power into an electricity grid in South Australia. The 100-megawatt battery, built by Tesla, was officially activated on Friday. It had in fact provided some power since Thursday due to demand caused by local hot weather.
South Australia has been crippled by electricity problems in recent times. Tesla boss Elon Musk famously vowed to build the battery within 100 days - a promise that was fulfilled. "This is history in the making," South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said on Friday. The battery would prevent a repeat of a notorious incident last year where the entire state lost power, Mr Weatherill said.
Mr Musk has described it as three times more powerful than the world's next biggest battery.
The capacity is 129 MWh, and the battery can deliver 100 MW of power.
The record will not stand long. Hyundai is building a 50% more powerful battery system in Ulsan, South Korea.
Also at CNN, The Guardian, and RenewEconomy.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday December 04 2017, @07:33PM
MWh, MW, $/MWh, %loss/year, recyclability ... not too many things to play with.
But if marketing people want to have a "mine's bigger" race, I'll be glad to see more systems come online just for bragging rights! The electric companies won't let them install stuff that doesn't generate profit, and anything that smooths the sunset spike without emissions sounds good.