Tesla has highlighted a Megapack undertaking that went reside 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 staff and companions concerned in Oahu’s Kapolei Vitality Storage (KES) system. The location, which went reside earlier this 12 months, options 158 Megapack 2XL models for 185MW / 565 MWh, and Tesla Residential Vitality Director Colby Hastings says it’s roughly the equal of the close by coal plant that was retired.
The battery vitality storage system (BESS) is being operated in partnership with Plus Energy, and the undertaking has been thought-about successful in serving to to stabilize the grid in preparation for Hawaii’s upcoming local weather objectives.
Close by Chairman Anthony Makana says that the BESS undertaking allowed for the “sunsetting of one of many dirtiest polluters in our neighborhood,” referring to the coal plant. The location additionally comes forward of Hawaiian Electrical’s aim of reaching one hundred pc renewable vitality by 2045.
The options a number of quick interview moments, together with just a few phrases from Plus Energy CEO Brandon Keefe, who notes that the renewable supplier first began engaged on the undertaking in 2018. You’ll be able to watch the total video beneath.
Megapacks at KES are supporting the alternative 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 website first went operational in January, and Tesla Senior VP of Powertrain and Vitality Engineering Drew Baglino visited the BESS to have fun its Comercial Operation Date (COD).
“Stopped by to congratulate the native crew on the profitable COD of the 185MW Hawaiian Electrical Tesla Megapack set up on Oahu at present,” Baglino wrote in a publish on X.
The ultimate cargo of coal to the Oahu coal plant happened in September 2022, as was highlighted in a publish from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
The video additionally comes as the most recent of Tesla’s efforts to create instructional promoting materials it shares on its varied social media platforms. Though a lot of the firm’s promoting crew was reportedly affected by widespread layoffs in April, Tesla has continued to roll out instructional advertisements each for its vitality merchandise and its electrical autos (EVs).
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