Tesla Inc. announced late Thursday it would build the largest lithium-ion battery storage project in the world in Australia. In a statement, the company said it won a competitive bid this week to provide a 100-megawatt Powerpack system that will be paired with a wind farm near Jamestown, South Australia, “to help maintain the reliable operation of South Australia’s electrical infrastructure.” Tesla said the project should be completed by the end of 2017 and will power 30,000 homes. South Australia was hit by statewide blackouts last year after a storm damaged its power grid, and in March Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk announced a plan to use renewable energy and storage to help solve Australia’s energy problems. “This will be the highest power battery system in the world by a factor of 3. Australia rocks!!” Musk said in a tweet Thursday.
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