Hawaii Getting 52-Megawatt-Hour Tesla Powerpack System (Hint: That’s a Very BIG Battery)

February 18th, 2016

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Hawaii Getting 52-Megawatt-Hour Tesla Powerpack System (Hint: That’s a Very BIG Battery)

February 17th, 2016

Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand.

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Wow! As far as I can tell, Japan’s Hokkaido Battery Storage Project is the largest battery bank in the world.

This new one in Hawaii will be #2.

Via: Pacific Business News:

Tesla Energy, a division of California serial entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors, will supply the batteries for a unique solar farm and energy storage system being developed for Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, the co-op said Tuesday.

SolarCity, whose chairman is Musk, is building the system and selected Telsa Energy for the planned project, which is believed to be the first utility-scale system in the United States that will be able to provide electricity generated from solar energy on demand, even at night.

The 52-megawatt-hour Tesla Powerpack lithium-ion battery storage system is expected to provide up to 13 megawatts of power onto the grid.

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