Aussies Raise Bar For Solar Plus Battery Storage

The World's Biggest Solar Energy Storage Farm Is Set to Launch in Australia

David Nield, 3 April 2017 (Science Alert)

“Construction will soon be underway on a gigantic solar farm in South Australia that's set to be the biggest of its kind in the world – thanks to 3.4 million solar panels and 1.1 million individual batteries…The [estimated $1 billion] project is expected to be completed by the end of the year, at which point the huge plant should outdo all other solar farms in terms of overall battery capacity…Overall capacity will be 330 megawatts (MW) of power, enough to keep the lights on in tens of thousands of homes, with at least 100 MW of storage capacity for holding energy…The facility will then be able to provide roughly 330 MW power for just over 18 minutes, or 100 MW of power for 1 hour - handy bursts of electricity that will help get the state through any future blackouts…” click here for more

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