The Tesla Megapack is bringing modifications to the utility grid within the Belgian metropolis of Lessines, which has relied on a gas-fired turbine for its electrical energy for 70 years. The one official point out of the story by the corporate is on Twitter. Oddly, the Google gods solely can discover references to this story in information sources that target electrical cars. The native press in Europe appears to have utterly ignored it.
An important information right here is that the Deux-Acren mission, as it’s identified, has been underway for not less than two years and was financed solely by Mirova Power Transition 5, a shareholder within the mission developer, Corsica Sole.
On its web site, the corporate says, “With its capability of 100 MWh, the Deux-Acren storage plant is the most important within the European electrical energy grid. In-built 6 months and fully made up of lithium-ion batteries, it offers frequency regulation on the Belgian electrical energy community.
“Within the context of the vitality disaster, vitality storage is right this moment the important thing component to ensure the vitality independence of the European Union. It stabilizes {the electrical} networks by making certain the steadiness between manufacturing and consumption with out having to resort to auxiliary energy vegetation working on gasoline oil or gasoline. The proliferation of any such mission is a strategic problem for guaranteeing Europe’s vitality sovereignty.”
Michael Coudyser, basic supervisor of Corsica Sole, says, “This mission is a vital step for the event of electrical energy storage options in Europe. We financed this mission with our shareholder, Mirova Power Transition 5, with none public subsidy. By demonstrating that large-scale battery deployment is economically viable, we’re proving that we will construct a world primarily based on renewable vitality coupled with vitality storage. With this mission, Corsica Sole modifications scale and turns into one of many European leaders within the sector. The multiplication of any such mission is a strategic problem to ensure Europe’s vitality sovereignty.”
Under is a video concerning the Deux-Acren Megapack set up posted by Tesla on YouTube.
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