Commercial Li-ion energy storage lands in UK

• Autores: Industrial Minerals
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 589, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Diciembre/Enero)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Tesla's website, which allows you to "build" your own battery order according to your energy requirements, estimates the cost of installing a 1MW Powerpack and necessary supporting hardware in the UK is around Pounds 1.48m ($1.84m*). A 14 kWh Powerwall, Tesla's domestic "home" energy storage battery, costs around Pounds 6,400 in total to install.

    "The new Li-ion cells from the Gigafactory in Reno are double the density and therefore double the capacity of the cells we were producing just six months ago," [Ben Hill] said. "That's pretty cool technology." Tesla's biggest Powerpack contract to date is with US energy supplier, Southern California Edison (SCE). In September, Tesla announced it would supply 20 megawatts (80 megawatt-hours) of [Li]-ion based energy storage to SCE to help prevent blackouts for energy users in southern California. Tesla said that the Powerpacks are enough to power about 2,500 homes for a full day.