World’s second-most powerful battery after Tesla mooted for Top End

The world's second-most powerful battery could be built in the Top End as part of a plan to produce more renewable energy for the Northern Territory.

Elon Musk.

Territory Generation, the NT Government-owned corporation that runs power plants in the jurisdiction, wants to build a large-scale renewable energy storage system for Darwin and Katherine.

It has released an expression of interest for a 25 to 45 megawatt battery.

By comparison, the new Tesla battery in South Australia — the world's largest — is 100 megawatts, said Dr Ariel Liebman, from Monash University's Energy Materials and Systems Institute.

Read the ABC News story - “World’s second-most powerful battery after Tesla mooted for Top End.”