Tesla has highlighted a Megapack challenge that went reside in Hawaii earlier this 12 months, which is successfully changing the state’s final coal plant.
On Thursday, the Tesla Megapack account on X shared a video that includes interviews with staff and companions concerned in Oahu’s Kapolei Vitality Storage (KES) system. The location, which went reside earlier this 12 months, options 158 Megapack 2XL models for 185MW / 565 MWh, and Tesla Residential Vitality Director Colby Hastings says it’s roughly the equal of the close by coal plant that was retired.
The battery power storage system (BESS) is being operated in partnership with Plus Energy, and the challenge has been thought-about a hit in serving to to stabilize the grid in preparation for Hawaii’s upcoming local weather objectives.
Close by Chairman Anthony Makana says that the BESS challenge allowed for the “sunsetting of one of many dirtiest polluters in our neighborhood,” referring to the coal plant. The location additionally comes forward of Hawaiian Electrical’s objective of reaching one hundred pc renewable power by 2045.
The options a number of quick interview moments, together with a couple of phrases from Plus Energy CEO Brandon Keefe, who notes that the renewable supplier first began engaged on the challenge in 2018. You may watch the total video under.
Megapacks at KES are supporting the alternative of Hawaii’s final coal plant and proving the grid-forming know-how that’s important to stabilizing the grid pic.twitter.com/mHtIqEyRwZ
— Tesla Megapack (@Tesla_Megapack) September 19, 2024
The Oahu KES website first went operational in January, and Tesla Senior VP of Powertrain and Vitality Engineering Drew Baglino visited the BESS to have a good time its Comercial Operation Date (COD).
“Stopped by to congratulate the native group on the profitable COD of the 185MW Hawaiian Electrical Tesla Megapack set up on Oahu as we speak,” Baglino wrote in a submit on X.
The ultimate cargo of coal to the Oahu coal plant happened in September 2022, as was highlighted in a submit from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
The video additionally comes as the most recent of Tesla’s efforts to create academic promoting materials it shares on its numerous social media platforms. Though a lot of the firm’s promoting group was reportedly affected by widespread layoffs in April, Tesla has continued to roll out academic adverts each for its power merchandise and its electrical autos (EVs).
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