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Subject: World's Largest Battery
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shadow27 11.12.17 - 10:35am
Queensland might have a Big Banana, various other states and regions may have their giant novelty structures.. But South Australia has become the home of something large and actually useful: a giant battery.

The power grid in South Australia now includes a huge Tesla battery tied to a wind farm, allowing the system to supply electricity around the clock. The battery was installed well before Tesla CEO Elon Musk's 100-day guarantee lapsed - and just in time for the start of summer.
''This is history in the making,'' South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill said of the battery system, which sits next to wind turbines at the Horndale Power Reserve. * +

shadow27 11.12.17 - 10:36am
The battery was linked to the grid 63 days after the contract was signed, in a deal between Tesla, the French renewable energy company Neoen and the South Australian government. Musk had said Tesla could have the battery in place within 100 days or it would be free.
''South Australia is now leading the world in dispatchable renewable energy, delivered to homes and businesses 24/7,'' Weatherill said in a statement about the installation. * +

shadow27 11.12.17 - 10:38am
The 100-megawatt/129MWh battery was first tied to the grid over the weekend; it then underwent testing to ensure it can both generate power to and store charge from the National Energy Market. According to Australia's ABC
, it was tapped one day early, to bolster the local power grid as local temperatures h*t 100 degrees.
''South Australian taxpayers will be subsidizing its operation with up to 50 million over the next 10 years,'' ABC reports. * +

shadow27 11.12.17 - 10:40am
The battery can store enough energy to power around 30,000 homes for more than an hour. But officials are hoping it can help stabilize the system and ease the power load during peak demand - key goals in South Australia, where the entire state endured a blackout in September 2016.
In addition to helping to stabilize the electrical grid, officials say the battery will allow the wind-powered Hornsdale Power Reserve to sign direct contracts with medium-sized businesses. * +

shadow27 11.12.17 - 10:42am
*insert world's largest vibrator joke here* * +

birdy 11.12.17 - 10:42am
Well I dunno about you shadow, but I'm proud of our big battery. * +

birdy 11.12.17 - 10:43am
Well that's ruined my imagery, thanks Liam. * +

mikeymk 11.12.17 - 10:51am
That'll be lots of little batteries. * +

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