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| Elon Musk's big battery for South Australia already half complete | Elon Musk's big battery for South Australia already half complete |
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| The clock is ticking on entrepreneur Elon Musk’s promise to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in South Australia within 100 days or provide it for free. | The clock is ticking on entrepreneur Elon Musk’s promise to build the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in South Australia within 100 days or provide it for free. |
| But with the facility already half finished, the US billionaire looks set to get paid. | But with the facility already half finished, the US billionaire looks set to get paid. |
| Musk travelled to Jamestown, in SA’s mid-north, on Friday where construction of the 100-megawatt battery is well advanced. Construction of the battery was announced in July. | Musk travelled to Jamestown, in SA’s mid-north, on Friday where construction of the 100-megawatt battery is well advanced. Construction of the battery was announced in July. |
| “To have that [construction] done in two months … you can’t remodel your kitchen in that period of time,” Musk told an audience in Jamestown. | “To have that [construction] done in two months … you can’t remodel your kitchen in that period of time,” Musk told an audience in Jamestown. |
| The Tesla boss said the South Australian project was an example of how to replace fossil fuels with renewables. | The Tesla boss said the South Australian project was an example of how to replace fossil fuels with renewables. |
| “This is a great example to the rest of the world of what can be done,” he said. | “This is a great example to the rest of the world of what can be done,” he said. |
| “When this is done in just few months, it will be the largest battery installation by a factor of three.” | “When this is done in just few months, it will be the largest battery installation by a factor of three.” |
| The SA battery will be paired to a neighbouring wind farm run by renewable energy company Neoen in Hornsdale to bring added reliability and stability to the state’s power supplies. | The SA battery will be paired to a neighbouring wind farm run by renewable energy company Neoen in Hornsdale to bring added reliability and stability to the state’s power supplies. |
| It is thought to be costing taxpayers about $50m and forms part of the state government’s $550m energy plan. | It is thought to be costing taxpayers about $50m and forms part of the state government’s $550m energy plan. |
| Other elements of the energy plan include installing emergency generators at two sites in Adelaide, a push for more gas-fired power generation and a solar-thermal power plant near Port Augusta. | Other elements of the energy plan include installing emergency generators at two sites in Adelaide, a push for more gas-fired power generation and a solar-thermal power plant near Port Augusta. |
| It was prompted by a series of power problems, including a statewide blackout when a freak storm brought down transmission lines a year ago and another event last summer when heavy demand and a lack of electricity flowing through the interconnector with Victoria cut services to thousands of properties. | It was prompted by a series of power problems, including a statewide blackout when a freak storm brought down transmission lines a year ago and another event last summer when heavy demand and a lack of electricity flowing through the interconnector with Victoria cut services to thousands of properties. |