Tesla has highlighted a Megapack venture that went stay 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 workers and companions concerned in Oahu’s Kapolei Power Storage (KES) system. The positioning, which went stay earlier this 12 months, options 158 Megapack 2XL models for 185MW / 565 MWh, and Tesla Residential Power 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 venture has been thought-about a hit in serving to to stabilize the grid in preparation for Hawaii’s upcoming local weather targets.
Close by Chairman Anthony Makana says that the BESS venture allowed for the “sunsetting of one of many dirtiest polluters in our group,” referring to the coal plant. The positioning 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 number of phrases from Plus Energy CEO Brandon Keefe, who notes that the renewable supplier first began engaged on the venture in 2018. You’ll be able to watch the complete video under.
Megapacks at KES are supporting the substitute of Hawaii’s final coal plant and proving the grid-forming expertise that’s crucial to stabilizing the grid pic.twitter.com/mHtIqEyRwZ
— Tesla Megapack (@Tesla_Megapack) September 19, 2024
The Oahu KES web site first went operational in January, and Tesla Senior VP of Powertrain and Power Engineering Drew Baglino visited the BESS to have a good time its Comercial Operation Date (COD).
“Stopped by to congratulate the native staff on the profitable COD of the 185MW Hawaiian Electrical Tesla Megapack set up on Oahu at present,” Baglino wrote in a submit on X.
The ultimate cargo of coal to the Oahu coal plant passed off in September 2022, as was highlighted in a submit from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
The video additionally comes as the newest of Tesla’s efforts to create instructional promoting materials it shares on its numerous social media platforms. Though a lot of the firm’s promoting staff was reportedly affected by widespread layoffs in April, Tesla has continued to roll out instructional adverts each for its power merchandise and its electrical autos (EVs).
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