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Tesla tests rechargeable battery so powerful it can supply energy to 30,000 homes

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Tesla tests rechargeable battery so powerful it can supply energy to 30,000 homes
This is the biggest and most powerful battery the world has ever seen (Picture: Tesla)

Tesla has created the world’s largest rechargeable lithium-ion battery and plugged it into the Australian national grid.

The incredible battery has the capacity to power 30,000 homes for up to an hour in the event of a severe blackout but is more likely to be called into action to boost supply during peak demand periods.

Its official launch came a little over 60 days after the deal was signed.

But, crucially, it came on the first day of the Australian summer – the season when power usage soars due to air conditioning use.

Temperatures in South Australia, where the battery is being tested, have already soared to above 30 degrees Celsius.

Tesla tests rechargeable battery so powerful it can supply energy to 30,000 homes
A wide view of the battery station at Jamestown, which is north of Adelaide (Picture: EPA)
Tesla tests rechargeable battery so powerful it can supply energy to 30,000 homes
Elon Musk vowed to build the battery within 100 days – and stuck to his promise (Picture: Tesla)
Tesla tests rechargeable battery so powerful it can supply energy to 30,000 homes
This shot was snapped by a drone zooming over the battery (Picture: AFP/ Getty)

“South Australia is now leading the world in dispatchable renewable energy, delivered to homes and businesses 24/7,” said Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia.

The battery power packs have been installed near the Outback town of Jamestown, which is about 120 miles north of the state capital Adelaide.

They store energy generated by the neighbouring Hornsdale Wind Farm to bring added reliability and stability to the state grid.

Tesla partnered with Neoen to build the battery, which is more than three times larger than the previous record-holder at Mira Loma, California.

South Australia, which relies heavily on solar and wind-generated energy, has been scrambling to find a way to bolster its fragile power grid since the entire state suffered a blackout during a storm last year. Further blackouts plagued the state over the next few months.

Tesla tests rechargeable battery so powerful it can supply energy to 30,000 homes
South Australian Premier, Jay Weatherill and Deputy CEO of Neoen, Romain Desrousseaux (Picture: Reuters)
Tesla tests rechargeable battery so powerful it can supply energy to 30,000 homes
Tesla designed the battery to store energy generated by wind turbines (Picture: Reuters)

The battery farm is part of a 550 million Australian dollar (£300 million) plan announced in March by Weatherill to make the state independent of the nation’s power grid. The cost of the battery has not been made public.

The Australian grid operator has warned of potential shortages of gas-fired electricity across southeast Australia by late next year.

The shortage is looming as Australia is expected to soon overtake Qatar as the world’s biggest exporter of liquid natural gas. Australia is also a major exporter of coal, which fires much of its electricity generation and makes the country one of the world’s worst greenhouse gas polluters on a per capita basis.

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