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Fri Mar 10, 2017, 03:26 PM Mar 2017

Elon Musk Tweets Offer to Fix Australia's Energy Crisis in 100 Days

Tesla boss and prolific tweeter Elon Musk has made an audacious bet to solve South Australia's energy woes by building a 100-megawatt battery storage farm. If the system is not operational in 100 days, the AUD$33 million (USD$25 million) technology will be provided for free.

... Rive said he would "commit" to installing the 100-300 megawatt hours of batteries to help stop South Australia's recent string of blackouts.

http://www.ecowatch.com/elon-musk-australia-2309117728.html


It's also in Latest Breaking News http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141725278

I can't wait for NNadir to explain how trivial 100 MW and 100 - 300 MWh is...



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