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Het "Gigawatt project" in Californië gaat uiteindelijk 3 gascentrales vervangen.

Liefst 449 Megapacks aan ~2,7 MW capaciteit gingen toen neergezet worden -was er toen sprake- , maar er zullen er nu wat minder nodig zijn ~ 400, want ze hebben 3 MW in een container gekregen (draadstarter)

Details en plannen via oude link december 2018:

https://electrek.co/2018/12/15/tesla...nergy-storage/

Electrek has learned some exclusive information about Tesla’s Megapack, the company’s upcoming new stationary energy storage product.

The big new battery system is going to debut at Tesla’s giant 1.2 GWh energy storage project with PG&E in California.

Tesla Megapack

As we reported earlier this year, Tesla is working on a new energy storage system called ‘Megapack’.

Not much was known about the product at the time.

Electrek can now confirm that it’s a large container-size energy storage system that Tesla plans to debut in its upcoming project commissioned by PG&E at the Moss Landing substation.

The California Public Utilities Commission approved the project last month and along with 3 other energy storage system, the new energy storage capacity is so important that it will replace three gas power plants.

According to Tesla’s plan, they will deploy 449 Megapacks at the site:



Tesla is listing the project as having a total capacity of 1,200 MWh, which would mean that each Megapack has a capacity of 2,673 kWh.

That’s more than 12 times the capacity of Powerpack 2 in a package that could potentially fit about 8 Powerpacks.

PG&E says that they aim to bring the energy project online by the end of 2020.

We contacted Tesla about using the new Megapack at the Vistra Energy Moss Landing station project and a company spokesperson said that they had no comment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Landing_Power_Plant

The Moss Landing Power Plant is natural gas powered electricity generation plant located in Moss Landing, California, at the midpoint of Monterey Bay. The plant's large stacks are landmarks, visible throughout the Monterey Bay Area. The plant is owned and operated by Houston-based Dynegy and currently has a generation capacity of 1020 MW (net) from its two combined cycle generation units.[1] The plant was once the largest power plant in the state of California with a generation capacity of 2560 MW before its two large supercritical steam units were taken offline.

It is to be the site of a new Battery storage power station for grid battery storage of over 567MW / 2,270MWh of power, the world's largest, by the end of 2019.[2] This includes a Tesla Megapack-based 183MW / 730 MWh system colocated at the adjacent substation.[2]

History
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On June 29, 2018, Vistra Energy, which merged with Dynegy on April 9, 2018,[9] announced that it will develop a 300 MW / 1,200 MWh energy storage system to be located at Moss Landing, using the existing turbine building and existing interconnection from units 6 & 7. Vistra Energy expects the energy storage system to begin commercial operation by the end of 2020, pending receipt of approval from California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). This would be the largest lithium-ion battery energy storage system in the world.[10]

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) asked CPUC to approve four energy storage projects located at Moss Landing including another large lithium-ion battery storage system of 182.5 MW / 730 MWh to be provided by Tesla and owned and operated by PG&E. PG& E said it expects the Tesla system will begin commercial operation by the end of 2019.[11][12]

Potential Closure

In February 2017, independent power producer Dynegy, Inc. announced that it may close the plant, due to market conditions resulting from a glut of wholesale electricity in California making it difficult to operate profitably.[13][clarification needed]

The glut in wholesale prices is partially a result of policies which guarantee utilities like Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), (a regulated monopoly), return on investment for building new power plants, even when they are not needed. Independent power producers like Dynegy, on the other hand, do not have a guaranteed return on their investment.[13]