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First Tesla Megapack big battery system switched on in UK
Six Tesla Megapacks with 15MWh combined capacity installed on UK grid in JV between Fotowatio Renewable Ventures and British renewables developer Harmony Energy.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 7, 2020

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Storage

Sixth community Tesla battery installed in W.A. PowerBank trial
Western Australia trial that will offer virtual home energy storage installs 464kWh Tesla battery system in Top 20 Perth solar suburb of Port Kennedy.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 30, 2020

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Expanded Tesla big battery at Hornsdale begins final testing
Tesla big battery at Hornsdale begins final testing before delivering crucial new services, including inertia, to the grid and hastening transition to 100% renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 25, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Big utilities split over delays to key reform that backs battery storage
Two big utilities that operate big batteries – EnergyAustralia and AGL – split from peers and argue against proposed delays to five-minute settlement period.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 22, 2020

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Storage

Tesla community battery installed in Busselton, Western Australia
A fifth PowerBank battery installed by W.A. to help balance the state’s grid, allow more customers to install solar, and offer a “community” storage option to local solar homes.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 22, 2020

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Tesla says energy market reform must be accelerated in Australia, not delayed
Tesla argues for energy market reforms to be accelerated as Australia’s big energy incumbents call for delays.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 22, 2020

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Renewables

Tesla big battery expansion gets regulatory nod, testing to begin soon
Tesla big battery at Hornsdale gets regulatory green light for expansion of what is already the world’s biggest lithium ion battery, and a crucial component of South Australia’s net 100% renewables plan.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 18, 2020

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Storage

Tesla Powerwalls help world’s fastest sailing race ditch diesel
Tesla teams with global catamaran racing championship, SailGP, to switch the fledgling sport’s diesel-fuelled mobile recharging stations to solar and battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2020

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Storage

Western Power installs Tesla community battery in W.A. Goldfields region
Western Power installs first of 10 grid-connected PowerBank “community batteries” in Kalgoorlie-Bolder to support uptake of more solar and help smooth the grid.
Sophie Vorrath

May 26, 2020

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Battery

PG&E seeks approval for 1.7GWh of new battery storage for California grid
California utility seeks regulatory approval for five separate battery projects totalling 423MW, or nearly 1.7GWh of energy storage capacity, to come online by August 2021.
Sophie Vorrath

May 20, 2020

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Battery

Tesla Megapacks tapped for California big battery project
100MW/400MWh big battery designed to replace a natural gas plant in California set to become world’s first Tesla Megapack energy storage system, after contract awarded.
Sophie Vorrath

May 15, 2020

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Battery

Balancing act: Tesla battery system earns university nearly $74,000 in 3 months
1.1MW Tesla Powerpack battery system at UQ generated $73,938 revenue in Q1 2020, mostly by helping balance the grid, including jumping in when a Victoria coal unit failed.
Sophie Vorrath

May 15, 2020

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