Tesla has unveiled two new vitality storage merchandise: Megapack 3, the most recent era of its utility-scale vitality storage system, and Megablock, which integrates Megapack 3 with transformers and switchgear.
At an occasion in Las Vegas on the margins of the RE+ renewable vitality conference, Tesla unveiled its newest era of large-scale vitality storage merchandise.
As anticipated, Tesla unveiled Megapack 3, the most recent era of its largest stationary vitality storage battery system.
The corporate is now utilizing greater 2.8-liter battery cells, leading to the next vitality capability: roughly 5 MWh in comparison with 3.9 MWh for Megpack 2.
Tesla additionally considerably simplified the thermal bay, decreasing the variety of connections by 78%.
Nevertheless, the extra vital product unveiled by Tesla at this time is the Megablock, which mixes 4 Megapack 3s straight related to a megavolt transformer and switchgear.
That is what it seems to be like:
Tesla claims 23% quicker set up time with extra of the meeting being completed in a manufacturing facility setting quite than on-site.
Mike Snyder, Tesla’s VP of vitality and charging, claimed that Tesla can deploy 1 GWh in 20 enterprise days with this new Megablock configuration.
The corporate additionally claims the next vitality density on the website: 248 MWh per acre.
Snyder stated that Tesla plans to construct Megapack 3 in Houston beginning in late 2026. We discovered in March that Tesla was constructing a brand new Megafactory in Houston.
The vitality government acknowledged that the manufacturing facility would have a capability of fifty gigawatt-hours (GWh) per 12 months.
Electrek’s Take
This feels like a robust incremental enchancment to an already fashionable vitality storage product.
Nevertheless, the brand new battery cells are most likely the largest a part of the advance and Tesla doesn’t manufacture these.
In reality, Tesla’s battery cell suppliers BYD and CATL, each have battery techniques that compete with Tesla’s Megapack, which might show problematic for Tesla within the close to future.
I feel Tesla’s strongest vitality storage product might be its Autobidder software program. It optimizes vitality storage merchandise like nothing else. It could do effectively to maintain licensing this to different vitality storage techniques.
Tesla’s subsequent largest benefit is the entire integration of vitality storage, energy electronics, software program, and repair. It makes for a horny turnkey options for utilities and large-scale tasks, like AI information facilities.
