Elon Musk builds World’s biggest battery in less than 100 days
Elon Musk is everywhere nowadays when it comes to technology. From revolutionizing the electric car industry to the hyperloop concept, he has surely achieved a lot in a short span of time. This time, he has come up with the World’s largest Lithium ion battery, and no, it’s not for the next Tesla or SpaceX, but it will be used in South Australia for it’s crippling energy problems. The billionaire innovator threw down an open challenge to the Australian government on twitter that he and his team can build and install a 100-300 MW powerhouse required to prevent power shortages causing blackouts in the state in less than 100 days. Musk tweeted,” 100 days from contract signature or it’s free.” in a deal initailly negotiated over twitter. The team is well ahead of time and will be running the test runs on the battery in the coming weeks. Tesla Powerpacks have been installed and connected at Neoen’s Hornsdale windfarm, north of Adelaide, and battery tests will be run to ensure...