Elon Musk is putting his money where his mouth is. Never far from a headline or short of chutzpah, Musk has risen to the Twitter bait and put the issue of battery storage immediately in the center of a debate currently raging in Australia about the security of the nation's electricity supply.
In response to an online comment made by an Australian technology entrepreneur, Musk has committed deliver a 100 MWh battery array to South Australia, 100 days after a contract for the system is sized.
South Australia has experienced a period of instability in its electricity supply, as the effects of limited interstate connectivity, high temperatures and therefore air conditioning load, and the closure of older local coal generators have left the state's electricity network prone to frequency and voltage issues. After ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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