Many people may only know Tesla for electric cars, but the company is also heavily invested into energy storage. Advancing their position in the industry, Tesla has signed a contract to replace the last remaining coal plant in Hawaii with a solution that uses its Megapacks.
The state of Hawaii is developing a huge energy storage system, and it is leaning on Tesla to reach its goal of 100 percent green energy by 2045. The state is already leading regarding the amount of solar energy production per capita in the US. The new energy storage will help balance when solar energy production is impossible, like when the sun is down.
Tesla has already deployed some batteries for Hawaii. For example, it collaborates with Hawaiian Electric for a virtual power plant using Powerwalls.
The new energy project named Kapolei Energy Storage (KES) will be one of the biggest battery energy storage…
Tesla deploying Megapacks in Hawaii’s 185 MW energy storage project
