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I assume the Tesla factory in Austin has backup power. Any extra to help their neighbors if approved by the government?

• rezonant 3y ago
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  • FredPret 3y ago
    Musk Derangement Syndrome
• toomuchtodo 3y ago
  https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/virtual-power-plant/tesla-electric https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/virtual-power-plant/tes... (Tesla Electric Virtual Power Plant Beta with ERCOT) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-08/tesla-is-plugging-a-secret-mega-battery-into-the-texas-grid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-08/tesla-is-... | https://archive.is/xU9Kg https://archive.is/xU9Kg | https://www.angleton.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/3793/Gambit-Energy-Storage-Park-FAQ?bidId= https://www.angleton.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/3793/Gambit-E... (Gambit Energy black start installation near Houston) https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/images/figure_6_01_c.png https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/images/figure_6_01_c... (EIA monthly; draw attention to gray circles in Texas, those are battery installs in pipeline over the next year, sourced from https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/ https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/) (Tesla utility scale storage manufacturing has a 2 year backlog with a target of 40GWh/year of production) Tangentially (because there is always nuance): Texas has 100GW of solar, 50GW of batteries, and 20GW of wind in its interconnect queue. This is more than double current fossil gas generation capacity (66GW), and would add to the existing 37GW of wind generation and 18GW of solar generation. Not all projects in a queue will be built, but much of it will. ElectricityMaps.com zone data: https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-TEX-ERCO https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-TEX-ERCO ERCOT Nov 2023 Fact Sheet: https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2022/02/08/ERCOT_Fact_Sheet.pdf https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2022/02/08/ERCOT_Fact_Sheet... Terabase Energy robotic assist for deploying utility scale solar (to give an idea of how quickly solar can be deployed with state of the art techniques): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj2zdQYXGNE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj2zdQYXGNE