Tesla has opened the world's largest battery station for storing electricity on the island of Kauai (California). Solar energy can power an entire city overnight. California is one of the sunniest locations in the world, where many cities rely on solar power, but generators hum at night. No more in Kuaui...
Tesla has opened in the US state of California the largest battery station for electricity storage in the world. A solar site on the island of Kauai has capacity 13 MW, but it forms it 54,978 solar panels and a 52-megawatt-hour "heavy" battery station from 272 storage stations.
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With this project, Tesla saves on an annual basis 1.6 million gallons of fossil fuel. You can learn more about Tesla's solar city in the photo gallery below.
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