Tesla powers on $65 million Megapack project in Alaska

Another Tesla Megapack system was powered on this week, coming as the latest of the company’s increasing deployment of the grid-scale batteries. Tesla and others have commissioned a $65 million battery energy storage system (BESS) project sporting 40MW/80MWh of Megapacks in Anchorage, Alaska, as detailed in press releases from Chugach Electric and the Matanuska Electric Association (MEA) this week. The site includes 24 of Tesla’s two-hour Megapack units, and it’s co-owned by Chugach Electric and the MEA, which own 75 and 25 percent of the project, respectively.

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