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The state of Hawaii is moving toward sustainable energy as it gets rid of the last coal-powered electric power plant at the Campbell Industrial Park, Oahu.
A 30-year deal to provide coal between Hawaiian Electric and AES Corporation ended on 1st September 2022. And this is when Tesla steps in to fill the state’s power requirements.
As an alternative to the energy requirement gap that this coal power plant has left behind, Tesla is helping build a large grid of its Megapack battery energy storage system (BESS) to the state of Hawaii.
This sustainable energy project is named Kapolei Energy Storage (KES). KES is one of the world’s largest battery energy storage systems with a capacity of 565 MWh and will be charged by a 156 MW solar energy farm. Plus…