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This Week in Solar: Australia's 2021 Solar Scorecard, Global Warming Risk Through Aluminium Production
1. Australia's 2021 Solar Scorecard: A Year in Review
The impact of Covid-19’s spread posed challenges for solar...
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Tesla’s Massive Lithium-Ion Battery Has Been Activated
By: Solar Trust Centre Team on Dec 5, 2017 8:35:05 PM
The largest lithium-ion battery has started providing power into an electricity grid in South Australia. The 100-megawatt battery plant that was built by Tesla was officially activated last November 24, Friday, although it had been providing power November 23 due to the demand caused by the summer heat as reported by BBC News.
The giant lithium-ion battery would prevent statewide blackouts and Elon Musk has described the battery power plant to be 3-times more powerful than the world’s next biggest battery.
The Tesla giant battery is connected to a wind farm that is run by the French energy company Neoen, and is located 200km north of Adelaide. The battery can power up 30,000 homes for an hour when fully charged, however, it will be mostly used to support and stabilize the existing electricity supplies.
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Solar Trust Centre Interview with Dion Epstein of G-Store
Jan 20, 2022by Solar Trust Centre Team
Dion Epstein is the founder and managing director of G-Store, which provides holistic solutions for an all electric...
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Australia's 2021 Solar Scorecard: A Year in Review
Dec 28, 2021by Solar Trust Centre Team
Australia has had a momentous year with solar power. At present, there remains a little time in 2021 to go, but it’s...