South Australia has picked Tesla to install the world’s largest grid-scale battery that would be paired with a wind farm provide d by France’s Neoen, as the state battles to keep the lights on.
South Australia has raced ahead of the rest of the country in turning to wind power, triggering a shutdown of coal-fired plants that has led to outages across the eastern part of the nation, driving up energy prices.
The drawback to South Australia’s heavy reliance on renewables has been an inability to adequately store that energy, leading to vulnerabilities when the wind doesn’t blow.
