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Elon Musk’s Promise – South Australia To Get The World’s Biggest Lithium-Ion Battery

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has maintained his “100 days or it’s free” promise to assist South Australia with its energy problems. Speaking with media today, Musk said the promise was “in the contract”, as South Australia and Tesl


Tesla CEO Elon Musk has maintained his “100 days or it’s free” promise to assist South Australia with its energy problems.

Speaking with media today, Musk said the promise was “in the contract”, as South Australia and Tesla prepare to build the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery called the Tesla Powerpack.

Currently, the record stands at 30 mega-watts, but the SA project will smash that figure with a world-first 100 mega-watt, 129 MWh system.

Musk went as far as to say that the size of the system might even make it attractive to tourists.

Said tourists - including Musk, who promised a visit to the site before leaving Australia - will need to head to Jamestown, north east of Adelaide and around 70km east of Port Pirie.

Jamestown is home to a wind farm, with operator Neoen to also be involved in the project.

Musk said the battery packs should continue to operate efficiently for around 15 years, but ‘dying’ battery cells could be recycled and substituted with fresh batteries. 

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