---
title: "Tesla Is Building Another Massive Battery in Australia"
description: "The Australian state of Victoria tapped Elon Musk's energy company for another massive battery to support a 40-hectare Nectar Farms glasshouse in Stawell."
date: "2018-01-05"
modified: "2018-01-05"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/tesla-building-another-massive-battery-australia"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "australia"
  - "elon musk"
  - "tesla"
---

# Tesla Is Building Another Massive Battery in Australia

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/tesla-worlds-biggest-battery-australia-powerpacks-1.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Tesla\</em\>*

## Green Thumbs

If you've ever doubted the [power of social media](<https://futurism.com/should-twitters-ban-hateful-content-apply-president-trump>), consider this: a [series of tweets](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-promises-to-solve-australias-energy-crisis-in-just-100-days>) sent by [Tesla](<https://www.tesla.com/>) CEO Elon Musk in March 2017 led to the creation of the world's largest battery.

That 100-megawatt capacity Powerpack battery storage system was [officially turned on](<https://futurism.com/tesla-turned-australian-mega-battery>) in South Australia on December 1, 2017, after a speedy 100-day build. Now, [*AFR* is reporting](<http://www.afr.com/business/energy/wind-energy/now-victoria-is-getting-a-big-tesla-battery-powered-by-frenchbuilt-wind-farm-20180103-h0d66q>) that Tesla has been tapped by the Australian state of Victoria to build another massive battery system Down Under.

https://youtu.be/0y7WYZpMpQE

The new project won't be quite as robust as the last, nor will it adhere to Musk's previously "100 days or it's free" guarantee. This 20 MW battery system will be designed to support the yet-to-be-built [Bulgana Green Power Hub](<https://bulganawindfarm.com.au/>), a 204-MW wind farm in Western Victoria, and won't come online until mid-2019.

Developing the Bulgana Wind Farm is French renewable energy company [Neoen](<https://www.neoen.com/en/>). They were also responsible for the development of the Hornsdale Wind Farm paired with Tesla's battery in South Australia, so a relationship with Musk's company is already established.

## Power for the People

The battery in South Australia was built specifically for the purpose of addressing the [state's unreliable power grid](<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/28/south-australia-braces-for-storm-that-could-be-most-severe-in-50-years>) and ensuring that its citizens are never without electricity.

The one in Bulgana, however, will primarily support the 40-hectare [Nectar Farms glasshouse](<http://www.nectarfarms.com.au/why-glasshouse-farming>) in Stawell, though Neoen’s managing director Franck Woitiez did [tell *Electrek*](<https://electrek.co/2018/01/04/tesla-powerpack-battery-australia/>) it could eventually be connected to the state's grid.

https://youtu.be/pmzoiALW6bI

As we've seen recently in [Puerto Rico](<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/us/puerto-rico-power-outage.html>), Australia, and [other parts of the globe](<https://futurism.com/richard-branson-ambitious-plan-wean-world-fossil-fuels>), energy insecurity is a major issue facing the modern world.

By transitioning to renewable sources of energy, we can avoid the power outages caused by natural disasters and warming temperatures while simultaneously addressing the carbon emissions at the root of climate change. That's something worth tweeting about.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)