Well This is Going to Piss Off a Lot of Folks.....

[Bikeman315]

Tesla quietly adding massive 100 megawatt battery to Texas' power grid

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[dpAtlanta]

Well This is Going to Piss Off a Lot of Folks.....


Who is it going to "piss off" and why?

 

[Bikeman315]

Well This is Going to Piss Off a Lot of Folks.....


Who is it going to "piss off" and why?

Well to start, a lot of folks in Texas, electric company execs and greedy politicians. And, of course, all the anti-Tesla/Musk folks.

“Elon Musk has a lot of activity in Texas right now,” said Albert. “It wouldn’t surprise me if Musk is thinking about starting his own power company.”

 

[LOL WUT]

Well to start, a lot of folks in Texas, electric company execs and greedy politicians. And, of course, all the anti-Tesla/Musk folks.

“Elon Musk has a lot of activity in Texas right now,” said Albert. “It wouldn’t surprise me if Musk is thinking about starting his own power company.”

Successful people tend to piss others off along the way to their success. Happy to see Tesla taking this step.

 

[Hobohunter]

I couldn't find anything in the article about how long that battery can provide power, it may be 100MW, but that's not too useful if it's only for a few minutes. The nearest I could find mentioned a utility scale battery that provides power for about an hour. That really only buys a short while to get other sources of power running.

 

[51NNED]

He did something here in Australia, in South Australia to be more precise. I'm trying to find an article on the details of its capacity and how much it can help their grid.

 

[Bikeman315]

hey you started it with "them thar's fight'n words". His comment WRT science wasn't necessarily directed at you but the gentle reader who's been lulled into thinking batteries are magic pixie dust and run on unicorn farts. And because AOC said so.

OK, then, if that's the case I get it and I agree. It was an anti-battery rant. See the article did piss someone off.

 

[joez3]

Does anyone know if these are brand new batteries? Or used ones coming out of cars? About a year ago I read that a lot of older Prius battery packs are near their end of life for cars, but can still hold a charge. No one has figured out a good (cheap) way to recycle them. This sounds like it would be a good use for these older battery packs.

 

[Bikeman315]

Does anyone know if these are brand new batteries? Or used ones coming out of cars? About a year ago I read that a lot of older Prius battery packs are near their end of life for cars, but can still hold a charge. No one has figured out a good (cheap) way to recycle them. This sounds like it would be a good use for these older battery packs.

I would say highly unlikely for today as most of Tesla's batteries are still in service. But for the future a lot of ideas are in play as to what to do with batteries that are no longer usable in cars. I know my old company was spending millions on recycling technology. The battery manufacturers are fully aware that spent batteries need a home and are planning for it.

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