South Australia Uses Tesla Tech to Create Sustainable Virtual Power Plant

South Australia Uses Tesla Tech to Create Sustainable Virtual Power Plant
The Hornsdale Power Reserve, featuring the world's largest lithium ion battery made by Tesla, during the official launch near the South Australian town of Jamestown, in Australia on Dec. 1, 2017. (Reuters/David Gray
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More than 3000 public houses will join South Australia’s (SA) latest Tesla renewable power project, delivering lower power bills, and improve the electricity grid across the state.

The new installations properties will bring the total to 4,100 houses involved in the scheme to become part of South Australia’s first virtual power plant (SA VPP), which Tesla said will eventually include 50,000 private and public houses.

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