Recently, foreign media reports, Tesla's South Australian state in the world's largest lithium-ion battery system has been tested, which seems far exceeded expectations. Hornsdale energy storage system by Neoen's Hornsdale Wind power plants and Tesla Powerpack energy storage systems.In the past three weeks alone, the Hornsdale energy storage system has solved at least two major power shortage problems and responded faster than emergency coal-fired power generation System fast.
According to the International Financial Times, the Loy Yang facility in Victoria, the largest thermal power plant in the country, suddenly suffered a power shortage recently and the Tesla battery system delivered power to the plant in just 0.14 seconds. One week, Loy Yang thermal power plants also suffered from power shortages, and Tesla battery systems delivered electricity to them in less than four seconds or more, surpassing the response rates of other power generation systems, according to local media Government officials said Tesla battery system response speed to create a record.
The effectiveness of Tesla's battery system is still closely watched, with soaring electricity prices in Australia, especially in South Australia, with a power outage affecting 1.7 million residents in the region in 2016. In addition, storms and heat waves have created additional electricity supplies Interrupted.
In March 2017, Musk solemnly announced on Twitter that it will build a battery system in South Australia within 100 days to solve the power problems in the area, otherwise the project will be available for free 2017 7 Earlier this month, the state government signed a contract with Tesla and the French energy company Neoen to produce a battery system. On December 1, 2017, South Australia announced the opening of the Hornsdale energy storage system.
