Tesla building a giant battery bank to stabilize grid power in Angleton, South of Houston.

www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/8/elon-musks-tesla-building-giant-battery-to-plug-into-texas-gri

arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/report-tesla-is-secretly-building-a-giant-100-mw-battery-in-texas/

abc13.com/tesla-batteries-battery-storage-facility-angleton-location-texas-power-grid/10407112/#:~:text=Electric%20carmaker%20and%20energy%20company,Street%20and%20Murray%20Ranch%20Road.

7 acre site packed with LION batteries. 100 MW capacity. (It would have been more useful if they stated the watt-hours of energy it can hold).

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Just a drop in the bucket compared to the actual power used in the region. Seems pointless but mildly interesting. A super high voltage DC power grid connection project was cancelled a couple years ago that would have provided real power stabilization and at an affordable price.

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h/t Justme

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