We blogged about this back on March 15th;
https://thebaldgeek.net/index.php/2017/03/15/add-batteries-stabilize-grid/
The bidding war is over and Tesla won.
https://electrek.co/2017/07/07/tesla-win-contract-powerpack-system-battery-australia/
Earlier this year, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared a national energy emergency as parts of the country were under prolonged power outages over the last year due to its unstable grid. South Australia got it worst with a state-wide blackout in September.
They set out to stabilize their grid by adding a large amount of energy storage and started a bidding process to install over 100 MWh of energy capacity. Tesla CEO Musk made the company’s bid very public and even promised that Tesla could deliver over 100 MWh of energy storage in 100 days or it would be free.
Today, it was announced that Tesla won the contract.
Not only that, they increased the capacity of the system. The energy capacity is 29 MWh higher than expected, but the power output is even more impressive. Tesla wrote in a blog post:
“This week, through a competitive bidding process, Tesla was selected to provide a 100 MW/129 MWh Powerpack system to be paired with global renewable energy provider Neoen’s Hornsdale Wind Farm near Jamestown, South Australia. Tesla was awarded the entire energy storage system component of the project.”
It’s 3 times the power capacity of the next largest system in the world.
That pretty much sums it up.
Not sure I have too much more to add.
Just a matter of waiting now and see how it all works out when the next storm hits.
