There are some questions about Elon Musk's proposal for South Australia.
Picture: Evan Vucci/APSource: apif elon Musk's proposal to resolve the South Australian power issue in 100 days sounds a bit too good to be true
Unfortunately, it may become.
After Tesla's founder promised to deliver a huge battery system to South Australia within 100 days, or offer it free of charge, Australians were very excited.
While Musk says the system is likely to be delivered and will address the power outage that South Australia has been experiencing, the bigger question is who will fund the project. Atlassian co-
Founder Mike Cannon
After Brooks posted on Twitter, there was a buzz on the Internet, and he will try to find money and politically pave the way for the plan.
"I 've been trying to solve the problem over the weekend and understand the complexity of the situation: can it solve the problem?
Is it economically feasible?
What are the other interceptors?
I am happy to see what will happen this week, "Mr Cannon --
Brooks said in a statement. Mr Cannon-
It's an "incredible 48 hours," Brooks says, and the idea seems to be supported by the public.
"It will be a world.
"The first technology has not been copied anywhere else and will put South Australia on the map," he said . ".
"This is the space age.
It is encouraging to see Australians come together using our collective wisdom and we can do that.
But Dr. Roger dagauville of the Melbourne Institute of Energy at the University of Melbourne told the news. com.
The promise, he believes, will eventually be too expensive to deliver.
He said, Mr. Cannon.
Brooks may have a hard time financing the project because it could lose money in today's market.
According to the Institute's calculations, the price of the battery needs to drop to less than $250 before making a profit.
In his Twitter deal, Musk quoted $100 for the system.
However, the price is 331kWh Australian dollar, excluding the installation cost.
Dr. dagavel said that it was also confusing whether Mr. Musk intended to cite the 100 "megawatt" system or the 100 "megawatt hour" system.
It is also not clear how many hours of storage will be provided by the system, two hours or four hours. Mr Cannon-
Brooks asked for a quote for the "100MW" system, but Musk responded that the "100MWh" system gave the price.
This difference may be significant.
"If you want to build a system with a storage time of 4 hours and a capacity of 100 MW, it will be a system of 400 MW and the cost is four times that of a 100 MW system, dr. dagauville said.
"I know energy professionals are confused about this, and it's a real problem to understand what people are talking about.
"It's a bit confusing at the moment and needs to come up with more details before we can properly evaluate what is provided.
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The package level of the @ Mcannonbrookes 100MWh system is $250/kWh.
Tesla will implement fixed and open pricing and terms for all products.
@ Shails yes, but shipping, taxes/duties and installation labor vary from country to country as these costs are beyond our control. Mr. Musk's offer was also significantly lower than the previously suggested price.
Lytro drive, head of battery division at Telsa, initially suggested a price of $ US400-600kWh.
At this price, the cost of the 100MWh system is estimated at $50 ($AU66m).
Musk's offer was half the price, bringing the price of the system to $33 m, significantly weakening his competitors.
However, the renewable economy has estimated the cost of 100 MW (not 100MWh)
The system also calculates that the cost of the 200MWh facility is $50 and the cost of the 400MWh facility is $, depending on whether to provide two hours of storage or four hours of storage.
One of the largest battery farms built by Telsa is a 20 MW system in Ontario, California that can discharge 80 MW of electricity and power 15,000 households in 4 hours.
At the same time, Ross Garno, professor of the University of Melbourne, president of Adelaide-
Headquartered in ZEN Energy, he said in the Australian Financial Review that his company is also preparing to build a large-
Battery storage in Australia is about $600 per kWh.
It can offer a 100 MW hour system for about $100 million.
ZEN Energy told the AFR that the 100MWh battery farm was enough to prevent power outages in South Australia last month and power outages in 90,000 households.
However, if conditions are not resolved within four hours, residents may still experience a power outage.
The Tesla system of the Miramar substation consists of nearly 400 white industrial boxes placed on 1. 5 acres (
6070)
About the size of the football field.
Hang out at Tesla's battery substation in Ontario, California. Story shortly! pic. twitter.
Com/t2lg7lgu0jdr Dargaville says battery farms can be used to meet demand during peak hours, but will not provide long-term service
It is difficult to stabilize or solve the balance of power supply and demand for a long time because it does not have enough storage time.
Projects such as hydro or concentrated solar heat may also be required.
He said no consideration has been given to encouraging large energy users to reduce electricity consumption during peak periods.
"Of course it's worth considering, there's room for storage technology in the system, but I suspect it's too expensive," he said . ".
Despite the imminent warning of the "energy crisis", Dr. dagauville said that the system still has enough capacity.
"If you are willing to pay the right price, you can get gas, which is not an issue of availability, but a matter of paying the right price," he said . ".
Even if hazel's wood coal is closed
Dr dagauville says the price power station in Victoria
Power supply in the new state can still fill that gap.
"This is a matter of planning and management, not capacity," he said . ". News. com.
The AU has reached out to Tesla, ZEN Energy and the South Australian government for comment. charis. chang@news. com.
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