Tesla Gigafactory Plans a Big Megapack Project in Texas to Avoid the Unreliable Electric Grid

According to new local flings, Tesla is planning a major megapack project at the Gigafactory Texas to complement its planned giant solar system and ease problems with the state’s unreliable electric grid.

Tesla is preparing to launch the Gigafactory Texas with its Cyber ​​Rodeo event next week.

While production is just starting, the plant is still growing and more features are being added. Drone flyovers in recent weeks have revealed that Tesla has begun building a large solar array on the roof of the factory; The solar panels are expected to spell ‘Tesla’ from the sky.

Now, we learn that the Tesla Gigafactory is looking to add energy storage to its renewable energy solutions in Texas. According to a new filing with the City of Austin, Tesla is applying for a new project in Giga Texas called “Giga Texas LCRA Permanent Switchyard and BES”:

BESS stands for ‘Battery Energy Storage System’.

The application does not make reference to any sort of planned capacity, but it does cover a very large building area of ​​53 acres, which would be enough for a large number of megapacks. The Megapack project will enable Tesla to make better use of its upcoming rooftop solar panel system and provide some protection against Texas’ notoriously unreliable grid – the past few winters have been bad on the Texas grid, and the state experienced several blackouts and brownouts Is.

Those issues have prompted many homeowners to turn to products like the Tesla Powerwall, and it only makes sense for Tesla to do the same for Gigafactory Texas, but on a larger scale.

Earlier this year, Tesla unveiled a massive megapack project in Texas for an electric utility. This new project at the Gigafactory Texas could potentially be big, but we won’t know until Tesla releases all the details.

There is no time limit for the completion of a solar rooftop or battery project.

As we mentioned earlier, Tesla is approved to be an energy distributor in the state of Texas. The move is part of CEO Elon Musk’s vision for Tesla Energy to become a distributed global utility, an effort that could also propel the company’s automotive business.

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