Sunrun, Tesla Tap 140,000 Home Batteries in California Heat Wave, Send Record 580 MW
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Sunrun, Tesla tap 140,000 home batteries in California heat wave, send record 580 MW
California's power grid got an unusual boost during the September 9 heat wave, when more than 140,000 home batteries from Sunrun and Tesla worked together like a single power plant. Over a three-hour evening window, those systems collectively supplied a record 580 megawatts back to the grid. Here's what to know The 580-MW response came from a massive pool of residential storage spread across the state. As Electrek reported, about 110,000 Tesla P…
Coordinated discharge over a three-hour space avoided cuts in supply and reduced the need to activate gas thermal plants, thus avoiding an overrun on the consumer bill
Electricity was discharged from the batteries to the grid for three hours during the evening consumption peak.
Sunrun and Tesla coordinated the generation of more than 580 MW of domestic batteries owned by Sacramento residents in California.
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