The world’s most powerful battery was built last year by Elon Musk’s Tesla. It was the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery, called the Hornsdale Power Reserve. But looks like a new project could soon replace it in the record books.
An Indian-born British businessman, Sanjeev Gupta has plans to build a 120 megawatt/ 140 megawatt-hour battery. This development will be larger than the 100 megawatt/129 megawatt-hour battery by Tesla in Jamestown, South Australia.
Billionaire Gupta had bought a steelworks in Whyalla, South Australia last August through his Liberty House firm. The Whyalla steelworks will be powered by a 200-megawatt solar farm, where there’s a plan to have a world-leading battery that could store the energy. The solar farm will be constructed by Gupta’s GFG Alliance’s clean energy company— Simec Zen Energy.
For the project, South Australian government has put up a $7.8 million loan to aid battery construction. Considering South Australia’s power crisis, the Whyalla steelworks project will benefit by improving local grid stability.
The South Australia region currently depends on solar and wind for 50% of its power. Since this is the second big-scale power project in South Australia, it is evident that they are focused in making most of renewable energy.
source http://www.techradar.com/news/indian-born-british-billionaire-plans-to-break-teslas-record-for-worlds-biggest-battery
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