Megapack has quickly emerged as the leading battery system for large utility-scale energy storage systems.<\/p>\n
It helped Tesla\u2019s energy division accelerate storage deployment and the company has now built an impressive backlog of orders.<\/p>\n
It added to it this week with Harmony Energy and Tag Energy\u00a0announcing a new partnership on two new projects:<\/p>\n
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- Chapel Farm standalone Battery Energy Storage System of 49.5MW\/99MWh near Luton, England<\/li>\n
- Jamesfield Farm standalone Battery Energy Storage System of 49MW\/98MWh near Abernethy, Scotland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The energy companies confirmed that the projects will be powered by Tesla\u2019s Megapack and Autobidder:<\/p>\n
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Both projects will use Tesla Megapack lithium-ion batteries, together with Tesla\u2019s Autobidder AI software for real-time trading and control.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Last year,\u00a0Electrek<\/em>\u00a0spotted a previously unknown new product from Tesla:\u00a0Autobidder<\/a>.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a real-time trading and control platform for energy assets, like Tesla\u2019s Powerpacks, Powerwalls, and Megapacks, optimized through\u00a0machine learning to better use and more directly monetize the assets.<\/p>\n
As of earlier this year,\u00a0Tesla Autobidder now has over 1.2 GWh of energy storage under management<\/a>.<\/p>\n
But the automaker has been adding to that total rapidly, including with these two new projects adding almost 0.2 GWh.<\/p>\n
They plan for\u00a0both projects to start construction in Q1 2022, with commissioning planned for Q1 2023.<\/p>\n
The combined value of the projects is estimated to be $80 million and it will help the UK grid take better advantage of renewable energy and stabilize the infrastructure.<\/p>\n
It will also add to Tesla\u2019s heavy energy storage deployment schedule next year.<\/p>\n
Recently, the company has been deploying energy storage systems at a rate of over 1.2 GWh per quarter, and it is expected to increase significantly over the next few years as more battery cell supply becomes available.<\/p>\n
Tesla also recently broke ground on a new \u201cMegafactory<\/a>\u201d to build Megapacks.<\/p>\n
They aim to produce as much as 40 GWh of Megapacks per year<\/a> at the new factory.<\/p>\n
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