Billionaire’s dream child may head down-under

A Twitter challenge thrown down by Tesla founder Elon Musk to South Australia, offering to shore up the state’s troubled power grid within 100 days, or deliver a solution for free, could soon become reality

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TESLA BATTERY FARM

Musk is offering to construct massive 100 megawatt-hour battery farm, similar to this 80MW one in California

Hundreds of Powerpacks charged up using off-peak electricity. Discharged back into grid when needed most, at peak times

Substation: Connects farm to electricity grid

Response to tweet challenging Tesla claim

@mcannonbrookes Tesla will get the system installed and working 100 days from contract signature or it is free. That serious enough for you?

Powerpack: Holds array of 16 Tesla Model S car battery packs

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has since been in talks with Musk about proposal


AUSTRALIA

S. Australia: Forced blackouts during Feb heatwave as not enough power to meet demand


7,000 power cells, slightly bigger than AA batteries

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Sources: Tesla, ABC, Twitter, wire agencies

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