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Tesla is in plans to make the biggest-in-the-world lithium-ion battery. The company is looking to increase the capacity at its Hornsdale site located in South Australia. This is going to increase the capacity to 150 megawatts which is a 50% expansion, as per Tesla.
This is according to an announcement form Neoen SA, which is a French company and is operating the site. The storage site in the first year of operation has already been able to save the consumers over $34 million.
Since its installation in 2017, the battery helped in stabilizing the grid and avoiding outages. It also helped in to lower costs by the offset of intermittency in power generation which is renewable. This has helped in blazing a trail for its other plants all across the world.
The utility-scale batteries which can be affordable have often been seen as the link. This link is the one which was missing for making wind and solar power as realistic competitors of fossil fuels.
The green sources can be less expensive; however, they are not as reliable as the fuels traditionally. This makes the energy which is carbon-intensive tough to jettison, which is necessary for avoiding the impacts of changing climate.
Meanwhile, the storage industry has been increasingly important in many places such as South Australia. These places have lesser access to the sources of fossil-fuels like natural gas and coal.
Although Tesla’s outback battery is providing important insights into the contributions, it was never intended for curing all the state’s problems. Potentially, the storage systems can offer these contributions. This can be an important contributor to the fight against carbon emissions.