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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2907386" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"> Tesla Wins Massive Contract to Help Power the California Grid </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"> It's the latest response to a fossil-fuel disaster. </span></p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AG-V6rP5f0g/tom-randall" target="_blank"> </a></p><p>September 15, 2016</p><p></p><p>Tesla just won a bid to supply grid-scale power in Southern California to help prevent electricity shortages following the biggest natural gas leak in U.S. history. The Powerpacks, worth tens of millions of dollars, will be operational in record time—by the end of this year.</p><p></p><p>Tesla Motors Inc. will supply 20 megawatts (80 megawatt-hours) of energy storage to Southern California Edison as part of a wider effort to prevent blackouts by replacing fossil-fuel electricity generation with lithium-ion batteries. Tesla's contribution is enough to power about 2,500 homes for a full day, the company said in a <a href="https://www.tesla.com/blog" target="_blank">blog post on Thursday</a>. But the real significance of the deal is the speed with which lithium-ion battery packs are being deployed. </p><p></p><p>"The storage is being procured in a record time frame," months instead of years, said Yayoi Sekine, a battery analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. "It highlights the maturity of advanced technologies like energy storage to be contracted as a reliable resource in an emergency situation."</p><p></p><p>Here's a chart showing the acceleration of energy-storage deployment as batteries gain popularity. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/io.Wq_WoLf8M/v0/488x-1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Bloomberg New Energy Finance</p><p>The deal fits into Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's long-term vision of transforming Tesla from an an electric car company to a clean-energy company. That's the same motivation behind his pending deal to acquire SolarCity Corp., the rooftop solar company founded by his cousins, of which he is also chairman and the largest shareholder.</p><p></p><p>In total megawatt hours, the Tesla batteries will make up the biggest lithium-ion battery project in the world, though it will soon be surpassed by others under contract, according to data compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/#footnote-1474024986640" target="_blank">1</a> A Tesla spokeswoman declined to comment on the value of the 20 megawatt deal. According to Tesla's website, a 2-megawatt Tesla battery system costs about $2.9 million, and any contracts greater than 2.5 megawatts must be negotiated directly with the company. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-15/tesla-wins-utility-contract-to-supply-grid-scale-battery-storage-after-porter-ranch-gas-leak" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-15/tesla-wins-utility-contract-to-supply-grid-scale-battery-storage-after-porter-ranch-gas-leak</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2907386, member: 7629"] [SIZE=6][B] [/B]Tesla Wins Massive Contract to Help Power the California Grid [/SIZE] [SIZE=5] It's the latest response to a fossil-fuel disaster. [/SIZE] [URL='http://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AG-V6rP5f0g/tom-randall'] [/URL] September 15, 2016 Tesla just won a bid to supply grid-scale power in Southern California to help prevent electricity shortages following the biggest natural gas leak in U.S. history. The Powerpacks, worth tens of millions of dollars, will be operational in record time—by the end of this year. Tesla Motors Inc. will supply 20 megawatts (80 megawatt-hours) of energy storage to Southern California Edison as part of a wider effort to prevent blackouts by replacing fossil-fuel electricity generation with lithium-ion batteries. Tesla's contribution is enough to power about 2,500 homes for a full day, the company said in a [URL='https://www.tesla.com/blog']blog post on Thursday[/URL]. But the real significance of the deal is the speed with which lithium-ion battery packs are being deployed. "The storage is being procured in a record time frame," months instead of years, said Yayoi Sekine, a battery analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. "It highlights the maturity of advanced technologies like energy storage to be contracted as a reliable resource in an emergency situation." Here's a chart showing the acceleration of energy-storage deployment as batteries gain popularity. [IMG]https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/io.Wq_WoLf8M/v0/488x-1.png[/IMG] Bloomberg New Energy Finance The deal fits into Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's long-term vision of transforming Tesla from an an electric car company to a clean-energy company. That's the same motivation behind his pending deal to acquire SolarCity Corp., the rooftop solar company founded by his cousins, of which he is also chairman and the largest shareholder. In total megawatt hours, the Tesla batteries will make up the biggest lithium-ion battery project in the world, though it will soon be surpassed by others under contract, according to data compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.[URL='http://www.bloomberg.com/#footnote-1474024986640']1[/URL] A Tesla spokeswoman declined to comment on the value of the 20 megawatt deal. According to Tesla's website, a 2-megawatt Tesla battery system costs about $2.9 million, and any contracts greater than 2.5 megawatts must be negotiated directly with the company. [URL]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-15/tesla-wins-utility-contract-to-supply-grid-scale-battery-storage-after-porter-ranch-gas-leak[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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