Lord Howe Island enjoys five days and nights on only solar power and Tesla batteries

A solar plant and battery storage system operating on Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea is the surest way to help the small island community reduce its reliance on diesel by two-thirds. Lord Howe Island, located 700 kilometers northeast of Sydney, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand and is largely self-sufficient from its own needs energetic. Given its remote location, the ground-mounted solar PV system and a Tesla Powerpack system were designed specifically for the island and integrate with the local microgrid and diesel generators that were previously the main source of power for the island community. A hybrid proposal with storage that combines solar generation with diesel generation. Demonstrating the reliability of photovoltaic solar technology associated with battery storage, the system successfully navigates stretches of up to five days and nights without any additional diesel-generated power. The plant consists of 3,240 photovoltaic modules of 400 watts with an installed capacity or power of 1.3 MW and a Tesla Powerpack energy storage system with a capacity of 3.7 MWh, and the energy system is managed by a controller of Tesla microgrids. This project demonstrates that solar energy and energy storage not only reduce emissions and other risks, but are also reliable solutions to guarantee energy security. Source: Courtesy Photon Energy Group Lubio Lenin Cardozo, installation engineer of photovoltaic systems