The world's biggest battery has gotten EVEN BIGGER
This is South Australia's Hornsdale Power
Reserve
which is charged by the adjacent Hornsdale Wind Farm
Since 2017, it has saved the state's energy consumers $150 million
helped to stabilise the electricity grid and
reduced the risk of blackouts
Now the battery has grown by 50% to 150 MW
and gained new powers to help balance the electricity system
With 193.5 MWh of storage...
Hornsdale can provide almost instantaneous 'digital inertia' to balance the grid
ARENA has supported the upgrade as part of its commitment to large scale battery commercialisation
Also backing two other big batteries in South Australia
and two in Victoria
Three years on from the Twitter bet between billionaires that led to Hornsdale's creation...
South Australian residents are getting paid out big.
