Tesla’s Megapack grid-scale storage programs have been chosen for one more photo voltaic power and storage undertaking, this time set to be put in in Chile.
Chilean power 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 undertaking within the northern a part of the nation, as detailed in a press launch shared this week. The positioning shall be constructed within the Camarones, Arica and Parinacota area, and the corporate estimates the full value to be round $260 million.
“Vitality storage will play an growing function within the Chilean electrical energy system, permitting photo voltaic power generated throughout the day to be gathered and provided to the system at night time,” writes José Ignacio Escobar, Colbún CEO, as translated into English from Spanish. “Our power saved within the reservoirs within the south enhances completely with the power that we’ll retailer in our batteries within the north, thus having a protected, diversified and aggressive supply for our purchasers from Arica to Puerto Montt.”
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The Celda photo voltaic undertaking is ready to be constructed on an 8-hectare plot of land, as permitted by the Chilean Ministry of Nationwide Belongings. Colbún is aiming to start operations on the web site in mid-2026, with development anticipated to create 200 jobs.
The discharge notes that every particular person Megapack is able to over 3.9 MWh of power, or sufficient to produce one hour of power to a mean of three,600 houses. It additionally says that the complete storage web site will be capable of ship power equal to the consumption of about 55,480 houses.
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 development on the positioning in 2022. Whereas the producer has been ramping up Megapack manufacturing because it opened, it’s ultimately anticipated to supply round 10,000 Megapack models per 12 months.
The corporate can also be nearing completion of a second Megafactory in Shanghai, China, which is anticipated to start transport models within the first quarter of 2025. The corporate first broke floor on the positioning in Might, and Tesla is aiming to double whole Megapack output capability upon the second location reaching quantity manufacturing.
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