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Old 07-12-2017, 04:28 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by BruceK View Post
South Australia (state), which is experiencing some difficulty supplying the State with electricity, is doing a deal with Elon Musk (Tesla) to build a massive lithium battery, the biggest ever made,with electricity supplied by wind farm generation. If it`s not built within 100days of the agreement (scheduled for mid October) it`s going to be provided free for SA.
I`ve read it could service 30000 homes overnight, but I`m really not sure of the projected capacity or lifespan. Or what happens if wind conditions are calm. As the largest ever built I assume it will take a lot of lithium.
Because South Australia has such a high percentage of small wind an solar power generation (over 40%), the system is lacking big baseload generators to keep the system stable. Lithium battery packs are going to provide the stabilization when upsets to the grid system occur. This battery pack will provide 129 million amp hours of power when required.
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