Let’s start with the ABCs: what are inertia services on an electricity grid? Even before that, what is inertia in a grid setting? Most of us should remember “inertia” from our younger years in primary school. Inertia is an object’s natural inclination to just keep moving (if it weren’t for … [continued]
Last year’s Tesla Megapack battery fire at Victoria Big Battery in Australia was a learning moment for Tesla and Neoen. The fire happened in July when a Tesla Megapack was being tested. The fire spread to another battery as well and the two Megapacks were destroyed. The fire lasted for … [continued]
It’s about the batteries, stupid! Hardly a week goes by without a story about new battery developments, new battery chemistries, and the building of new battery factories (or gigafactories). Meanwhile, in the Land Down Under, our stories are about size. Big, bigger, and biggerest. South Australia is home to the … [continued]
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.
