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Even bigger batteries entered service in California last year. "At 300MW / 1,200MWh, the world’s largest battery storage system so far is up and running" http

Even bigger batteries entered service in California last year. "At 300MW / 1,200MWh, the world’s largest battery storage system so far is up and running" https://www.energy-storage.news/news/at-300mw-1200mwh-the-worlds-largest-battery-storage-system-so-far-is-up-and https://www.energy-storage.news/news/at-300mw-1200mwh-the-wo... Phase 1 of Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility was connected to the power grid and began operating on 11 December 2020, at the site of Moss Landing Power Plant, a natural gas power station owned by Vistra since it acquired the facility’s previous owner, Dynegy in 2018. At 300MW / 1,200MWh, the BESS is considerably larger than the 250MW / 250MWh Gateway Energy Storage project brought online earlier this year by LS Power, also in California. Not only that, but Phase 2 of Vistra’s project will add another 100MW / 400MWh and is scheduled for completion by August this year.

jeffbee 6y ago
Right, the difference between these older, larger facilities and Tesla's massive and giant facility is Telsa has a dedicated person with magazine editors on speed dial, while Dynegy doesn't.
- skybrian 6y ago
  There seem to be a lot of these? There are two different ones in Moss Landing, one by Tesla: > What might be a little confusing is that PG&E itself is also building a similarly named battery storage project in the area - called Moss Landing BESS - at the site of the utility’s Moss Landing substation. PG&E’s project, currently under construction using Tesla Energy battery storage system equipment, will also be among the world’s biggest battery storage projects when completed, at 182.5MW / 730MWh. I guess it's a good location due to the substation, which is probably there due to the power plant. (Also, I thought Tesla got rid of their PR department?)
  - jeffbee 6y ago
    There are quite a few going up right now. There is a 50MW/4-hour facility almost complete near me in Pittsburg, California. PG&E has 750MW new capacity planned through 2023, and the whole state has 2000MW planned for the next 12 months. The state wants 2000MW per year for at least the next ten years. I don't know why Moss Landing is so intense but basically any place with a peaker, an existing large-scale solar, or any kind of transmission capacity in California is getting batteries now or soon.
    - nomel 6y ago
      I'm having trouble figuring out how the money flows around these batteries. Any insight or links that could be useful?
- ryzvonusef 6y ago
  I dunno, the Tesla Texas installation was secret, working from early last year iirc, and was working under the name Gambit LLC, and if the bloomberg journos hadn't done their own digging, no one would have known (tesla STILL hasn't actually admitted this is their subsidiary, afterall) also, iirc, Tesla fired their entire PR department, so I guess we can safely say tesla does NOT have anyone with mag editors on speed dial. The Name Tesla and Elon Musk just sells, I guess.

jeffbee 6y ago

Right, the difference between these older, larger facilities and Tesla's massive and giant facility is Telsa has a dedicated person with magazine editors on speed dial, while Dynegy doesn't.

skybrian 6y ago
There seem to be a lot of these? There are two different ones in Moss Landing, one by Tesla: > What might be a little confusing is that PG&E itself is also building a similarly named battery storage project in the area - called Moss Landing BESS - at the site of the utility’s Moss Landing substation. PG&E’s project, currently under construction using Tesla Energy battery storage system equipment, will also be among the world’s biggest battery storage projects when completed, at 182.5MW / 730MWh. I guess it's a good location due to the substation, which is probably there due to the power plant. (Also, I thought Tesla got rid of their PR department?)
- jeffbee 6y ago
  There are quite a few going up right now. There is a 50MW/4-hour facility almost complete near me in Pittsburg, California. PG&E has 750MW new capacity planned through 2023, and the whole state has 2000MW planned for the next 12 months. The state wants 2000MW per year for at least the next ten years. I don't know why Moss Landing is so intense but basically any place with a peaker, an existing large-scale solar, or any kind of transmission capacity in California is getting batteries now or soon.
  - nomel 6y ago
    I'm having trouble figuring out how the money flows around these batteries. Any insight or links that could be useful?
ryzvonusef 6y ago
I dunno, the Tesla Texas installation was secret, working from early last year iirc, and was working under the name Gambit LLC, and if the bloomberg journos hadn't done their own digging, no one would have known (tesla STILL hasn't actually admitted this is their subsidiary, afterall) also, iirc, Tesla fired their entire PR department, so I guess we can safely say tesla does NOT have anyone with mag editors on speed dial. The Name Tesla and Elon Musk just sells, I guess.