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Tesla says its batteries could fix Australia's energy problems in 100 days

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They are only starting to gain a foothold in the Australian market, but could batteries provide a near overnight solution to the energy woes that have hit South Australia and risk spreading east?

At least one company believes so. In an elaborate launch in a former power substation in suburban Newport, in Melbourne's west, Tesla Inc said its technology could provide a fix within 100 days.


The Californian company's energy products vice-president Lyndon Rive said it could install up to 300 megawatts of grid-scale battery storage in that timeframe at a cost of about $66 million per 100 megawatts.

"If you had storage deployed during the blackout [in] South Australia you wouldn't have had the blackout," Mr Rive said.

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It is understood the company believes the proposal would require a change in electricity market rules, but not a direct subsidy.

Tesla is not the first to make this sort of suggestion. Zen Energy, chaired by economist Ross Garnaut, last month said its proposal for a $100 million large-scale solar plant with battery storage could solve most of South Australia's electricity problems if rules were changed