German solar battery maker sonnen works on 鈥渨orld鈥檚 biggest smart power storage鈥� in Australia
The state of South Australia wants to build the world鈥檚 largest network of connected home power storages and counts on German solar battery maker sonnen to deliver part of the infrastructure for the project that will encompass 40,000 households, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports. The 鈥渧irtual power plant,鈥� consisting of thousands of individual batteries, will have a capacity of 150 megawatts (MW) and will receive about 60 million euros in support from the state鈥檚 government. sonnen will be the exclusive battery supplier during the project鈥檚 first nine weeks. After that, other battery makers will be able to submit bids in auctions for installing their own products.
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