Millions of people were left without clean drinking water and power due to devastating blackouts in Texas in February. Tesla is planning to make a 100 megawatt battery to plug into the power grid of Texas. This project will be started in Angleton, Brazoria County for stabilizing energy supply of the area.
Gambit Energy Storage, a subsidiary of the electric-car giant is making a battery-energy-storage project. The system is registered with the power grid operator (ERCOT) of Texas.
An Electric Reliability Council of Texas filing gave an expected commercial opening date for the project to be May 1st, June 2021.
It can store 100 megawatts of energy, so it will be enough to power 20,000 homes.
Local officials said, “The battery is set to charge from the grid when energy prices are low, and then discharge when the electric system has a shortage of energy. The battery could help the local electric system come back online by providing energy to jump-sta...
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