Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale storage programs have been chosen for yet one more photo voltaic vitality and storage venture, this time set to be put in in Chile.
Chilean vitality storage developer Colbún has introduced plans to put in over 200 Tesla Megapacks as a part of the 228 MW/912 MWh Celda Photo voltaic venture within the northern a part of the nation, as detailed in a press launch shared this week. The positioning will likely be constructed within the Camarones, Arica and Parinacota area, and the corporate estimates the whole value to be round $260 million.
“Vitality storage will play an growing position within the Chilean electrical energy system, permitting photo voltaic vitality generated in the course of the day to be accrued and equipped to the system at night time,” writes José Ignacio Escobar, Colbún CEO, as translated into English from Spanish. “Our vitality saved within the reservoirs within the south enhances completely with the vitality that we are going to retailer in our batteries within the north, thus having a protected, diversified and aggressive provide for our shoppers from Arica to Puerto Montt.”
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The Celda photo voltaic venture is about to be constructed on an 8-hectare plot of land, as accredited by the Chilean Ministry of Nationwide Belongings. Colbún is aiming to start operations on the web site in mid-2026, with building anticipated to create 200 jobs.
The discharge notes that every particular person Megapack is able to over 3.9 MWh of vitality, or sufficient to produce one hour of vitality to a mean of three,600 properties. It additionally says that the complete storage web site will be capable of ship vitality equal to the consumption of about 55,480 properties.
Tesla has constructed over 10,000 Megapacks in California, Megafactory Shanghai to open quickly
Final month, Tesla introduced that it surpassed manufacturing of its 10,000th Megapack at its so-called “Megafactory” in Lathrop, California, after finishing building on the location in 2022. Whereas the producer has been ramping up Megapack manufacturing because it opened, it’s finally anticipated to provide round 10,000 Megapack items per yr.
The corporate can be nearing completion of a second Megafactory in Shanghai, China, which is anticipated to start delivery items within the first quarter of 2025. The corporate first broke floor on the location in Could, and Tesla is aiming to double whole Megapack output capability upon the second location reaching quantity manufacturing.
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