Tesla has released a new video that highlights the work it is doing to help transition the island nation of Samoa from diesel electricity generation to 100% renewables.
The battery went live on 1st December 2017 and has proved itself as a worthy investment in a matter of days.
Tesla has won its first contract with Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine maker, to supply its Powerpack batteries for the world’s first project to combine solar power, wind power, and Tesla’s storage technology.
The project grew out of a Twitter bet between Mike Cannon-Brookes and Elon Musk. Musk promised to deliver a system to South Australia “in 100 days or its free.” Last week Tesla announced the start of its 100-days countdown.
Tesla's Powerpack energy storage systems will now help power Vestas wind turbines. The Danish company is the largest wind turbine maker in the world.
Musk has offered to provide Australian government, free of charge, $25 million worth of Tesla battery packs if he can't turn around the state's chronic power shortages.
No source of energy is perfect and one of the traditional drawbacks of solar energy has been that it’s tough to generate new power when it’s dark outside. However, SolarCity announced this week that it’s taken a big step toward fixing this problem by agreeing to use Tesla’s 52 MWh Powerpack lithium-ion battery storage system.
