Tesla’s energy division is deploying a new Powerpack project in Weld County, Colorado, where it could save ratepayers and the local utility as much as $1 million per year.
We are just starting to understand the value of large-scale energy storage system deployed on the electric grid.
The best example we have so far is Tesla’s massive Powerpack battery in Australia, which we recently learned cost $66 million and already made up to ~$17 million.
But that’s in a very expensive electric market, how about in other markets?
We now learn that Tesla is deploying an important new Powerpack project with United Power in Weld County, Colorado to use the storage capacity to reduce cost during peak demand hours in communities from Brighton to Mead (North of Denver).
The project consists of 80 Powerpacks, which should result in an energy storage capacity of over 16 MWh.
https://electrek.co/2018/10/14/tesla-powerpack-project-save-colorado-ratepayers/