24: Hornsdale Power Reserve

For Showing how One Big Battery Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy

Article Sustainability, Energy & Utilities 1 October 2019

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24: Hornsdale Power Reserve: For Showing how One Big Battery Could Revolutionize Renewable Energy (2019). PM Network, 33, 52–53.
Elon Musk is no shrinking violet. In the midst of a heated debate on the best way to recharge South Australia's power grid, the provocative Tesla CEO threw down a daring wager. In a 9 March 2017 tweet, he promised that his company would help solve the state's chronic energy woes by building the world's largest lithium-ion battery in just 100 days—or it would be free.
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