---
title: "Tesla Installed a Massive Powerpack in a Japanese Train Station"
description: "Tesla just built what it claims is Asia's largest energy storage system at Osaka's extremely busy train station in Japan — and in just two days."
date: "2019-03-27"
modified: "2019-03-27"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-osaka-japan-powerpack"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "energy storage"
  - "powerpack"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
---

# Tesla Installed a Massive Powerpack in a Japanese Train Station

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tesla-osaka-japan-powerpack.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Tesla\</em\>*

## Training Day

Tesla just built what [*Electrek* claims](<https://electrek.co/2019/03/27/tesla-builds-powerpack-osaka-train/>) is Asia's largest energy storage system at Osaka's extremely busy train station in Japan — in just two days. Rather than providing households cheaper and reliable power, it's designed to make sure trains at the station don't get stuck and help reduce energy demand on the Osaka grid during peak hours.

"In the event of a grid outage, this Osaka Powerpack installation is designed to provide emergency backup power to safely move a train and its passengers to the nearest station," Tesla wrote [in a tweet](<https://twitter.com/Tesla/status/1110712884286226432>).

## Mega What

Tesla has built larger power reserves at the Hornsdale Wind Farm in South Australia, the "largest lithium-ion battery in the world" according to the farm's [website](<https://hornsdalepowerreserve.com.au/>). And at 129 MWh, it's a whole lot bigger than the Osaka's 7 MWh station.

Tesla showed off a time lapse of the insanely quick installation of the Osaka Powerpack system on Instagram.

Osaka's new power station is part of Tesla's much broader push to bring the advantages of efficient energy storage to clients all over the world. According to an analysts briefing in January, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that Tesla deployed [1.04 GWh of battery storage](<http://ieefa.org/teslas-musk-sees-gigantic-potential-in-energy-storage/>) in 2018, three times the total roll out of 2017.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfkGiRH5-H/?utm_source=ig_embed

**READ MORE:** [Tesla builds Powerpack system to provide backup power to Osaka train](<https://electrek.co/2019/03/27/tesla-builds-powerpack-osaka-train/>) \[*Electrek*\]

**More on Powerpacks:** *[Tesla Supercharger’s Powerpacks Undaunted by Power Outage](<https://futurism.com/tesla-superchargers-powerpacks-undaunted-by-power-outage>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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