The response to the Tesla big battery has been so immense that the owners and operators of what is known officially to the market as the Hornsdale Power Reserve have published a widget to enable the operations of the facility to be monitored.
Australia is undergoing something of an energy crisis — growing demand combined with under-investment in the electric grid has recently led to a series of embarrassing blackouts, and electric rates are soaring. South Australia has just overtaken Denmark as the place with the world’s most expensive electricity.
A trial of 100 heavily subsidized battery systems combined with solar power has been launched by SA Power Networks in an Adelaide suburb. The Tesla Powerwall and an energy storage product from Samsung will be used in the trial. “We want to work with customers to avoid the need to invest in … [continued]
