Saturday, December 16, 2017 7:01:31 PM
Australia Powers Up the World’s Biggest Battery — Courtesy of Elon Musk
"Elon Musk's Giant Battery Set for Testing in the Australian Outback"
By ADAM BAIDAWINOV. 30, 2017
“There’s no turning back,” said the general manager of Neoen’s Australia division, which will operate
Tesla’s enormous battery from its wind farm in South Australia. Credit Mark Brake/Getty Images
ADELAIDE, Australia — The state of South Australia announced on Friday that it had powered up the world’s biggest battery ahead of schedule: a feat already being heralded as one of this century’s first great engineering marvels and a potential solution to the country’s energy woes.
The battery is the size of an American football field. It is capable of powering 30,000 homes, and its rapid deployment reflects the union of a blackout-prone state and a flashy entrepreneur, Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, who pledged to complete its construction in 100 days or do it for free.
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For Mr. Weatherill, the project has been a repudiation of a federal policy that de-emphasizes renewable energy. For Mr. Musk, the battery has been a headline-grabbing venture that could prove that his radical vision of the world’s energy future is both functional and economical.
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Australia is a fitting target for Mr. Musk. The country is the world’s largest exporter of coal. By most measures, it is the sunniest continent on earth .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/factcheck/2015-08-10/solar-coverage-fact-check-is-australia-sunniest-continent/6659316 . It has abundant wind and hydroelectric power capabilities. And yet the cost of electricity in Australia increased 20 percent from 2012 to 2016, and Australians this year paid between 50 and 100 percent more for their power than Americans, according to experts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/australia/elon-musk-south-australia-battery.html
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World-first solar train now leaving the platform in Byron Bay with zero emissions
ABC North Coast
By Bruce Mackenzie
Updated yesterday at 6:45pm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-16/world-first-solar-train-the-brainchild-of-byron-bay-millionaire/9265522
See also:
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WAR ON SCIENCE
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=134504863
Cashing Out From the Climate Casino
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=136941479
"Elon Musk's Giant Battery Set for Testing in the Australian Outback"
By ADAM BAIDAWINOV. 30, 2017
“There’s no turning back,” said the general manager of Neoen’s Australia division, which will operate
Tesla’s enormous battery from its wind farm in South Australia. Credit Mark Brake/Getty Images
ADELAIDE, Australia — The state of South Australia announced on Friday that it had powered up the world’s biggest battery ahead of schedule: a feat already being heralded as one of this century’s first great engineering marvels and a potential solution to the country’s energy woes.
The battery is the size of an American football field. It is capable of powering 30,000 homes, and its rapid deployment reflects the union of a blackout-prone state and a flashy entrepreneur, Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors, who pledged to complete its construction in 100 days or do it for free.
[...]
For Mr. Weatherill, the project has been a repudiation of a federal policy that de-emphasizes renewable energy. For Mr. Musk, the battery has been a headline-grabbing venture that could prove that his radical vision of the world’s energy future is both functional and economical.
[...]
Australia is a fitting target for Mr. Musk. The country is the world’s largest exporter of coal. By most measures, it is the sunniest continent on earth .. http://www.abc.net.au/news/factcheck/2015-08-10/solar-coverage-fact-check-is-australia-sunniest-continent/6659316 . It has abundant wind and hydroelectric power capabilities. And yet the cost of electricity in Australia increased 20 percent from 2012 to 2016, and Australians this year paid between 50 and 100 percent more for their power than Americans, according to experts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/world/australia/elon-musk-south-australia-battery.html
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World-first solar train now leaving the platform in Byron Bay with zero emissions
ABC North Coast
By Bruce Mackenzie
Updated yesterday at 6:45pm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-16/world-first-solar-train-the-brainchild-of-byron-bay-millionaire/9265522
See also:
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WAR ON SCIENCE
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=134504863
Cashing Out From the Climate Casino
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=136941479
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