Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale storage programs have been chosen for yet one more photo voltaic vitality and storage challenge, this time set to be put in in Chile.
Chilean vitality storage developer Colbún has introduced plans to put in over 200 Tesla Megapacks as a part of the 228 MW/912 MWh Celda Photo voltaic challenge within the northern a part of the nation, as detailed in a press launch shared this week. The location might be constructed within the Camarones, Arica and Parinacota area, and the corporate estimates the overall value to be round $260 million.
“Vitality storage will play an rising position within the Chilean electrical energy system, permitting photo voltaic vitality generated through the day to be amassed and provided to the system at evening,” writes José Ignacio Escobar, Colbún CEO, as translated into English from Spanish. “Our vitality saved within the reservoirs within the south enhances completely with the vitality that we’ll retailer in our batteries within the north, thus having a protected, diversified and aggressive supply for our shoppers from Arica to Puerto Montt.”
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The Celda photo voltaic challenge is about to be constructed on an 8-hectare plot of land, as authorized by the Chilean Ministry of Nationwide Property. Colbún is aiming to start operations on the website in mid-2026, with building anticipated to create 200 jobs.
The discharge notes that every particular person Megapack is able to over 3.9 MWh of vitality, or sufficient to produce one hour of vitality to a median of three,600 houses. It additionally says that the total storage website will be capable of ship vitality equal to the consumption of about 55,480 houses.
Tesla has constructed over 10,000 Megapacks in California, Megafactory Shanghai to open quickly
Final month, Tesla introduced that it surpassed manufacturing of its 10,000th Megapack at its so-called “Megafactory” in Lathrop, California, after finishing building on the location in 2022. Whereas the producer has been ramping up Megapack manufacturing because it opened, it’s ultimately anticipated to supply round 10,000 Megapack items per yr.
The corporate can be nearing completion of a second Megafactory in Shanghai, China, which is predicted to start transport items within the first quarter of 2025. The corporate first broke floor on the location in Might, and Tesla is aiming to double whole Megapack output capability upon the second location reaching quantity manufacturing.
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