Electric vehicle and energy storage firm Tesla is moving into the grid-scale energy storage market with two deals to supply lithium-ion systems.
The first is to develop a 20MW/80MWh utility-scale system for electricity company Southern California Edison Co.
The system which will be used at a sub-station, is being developed under Tesla’s utility and business energy storage brand ‘Powerpack’, at the firm’s Nevada, US, Gigafactory
The system will charge from the grid during off-peak hours for use during peak hours to help maintain Southern California Edison’s electrical infrastructure.
Both companies aim to have the system ready to store energy by the end of the year.
The announcement comes after the California Public Utilities Commission mandated a procurement order following a rupture in the Aliso Canyon natural gas reservoir that caused 1.6 million pounds of methane to spill into the atmosphere last October.
Meanwhile Tesla moved into the grid-scale energy storage sector in Europe with the delivery of batteries to a site in Somerset, UK.
Camborne Energy Storage, a UK-based large-scale energy storage project developer, is installing the very first grid scale Tesla Powerpacks in Europe.
The Tesla Powerpacks, installed by EPC Poweri Services, have been produced specifically to operate and integrate with the solar PV site, enhancing existing assets and providing ancillary services to National Grid.
