Tesla creates the largest virtual solar power station with 50,000 houses

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The possibility of converting your house into part of a solar power plant and selling your surplus energy is already a reality in many places.

Tesla has announced the creation in Australia of the largest virtual solar power plant in the world, capable of supplying an electric power of 250 MW. For this, it will use 50,000 Australian homes that will sell their surplus solar energy, thus saving an important peak in the electricity bill.

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Since mass electric power began to be produced a hundred years ago, it has always worked in one direction: electricity companies offer electricity (from different sources such as sun, wind, or power plants), and the user receives and pay for that electricity.

The concept of virtual solar plant proposes just the opposite: the users sell to the electric companies the energy that they have left over. The houses are connected to create a virtual solar center that manages that excess energy and uses it in other places:

The battery will be used to cover the energy needs of the home. If electricity is left over at the end of the day, it can be sold to the virtual solar plant. With the help of the Australian government that finances part of the installation, 5 kW solar panels and a 13.5 kW Tesla Powerwall 2 battery will be installed in each house. which is where the energy will be stored.

With this system the Australian government ensures that each household will reduce the electricity bill by 30%. Also, thanks to increased competition, global prices will fall, so everyone will benefit.

The pilot project has already started in more than 1,100 homes in southern Australia. In a few months it will be expanded to 24,000 homes, and in 50 years it will reach 50,000.

Being a huge country with very little po[CENSORED]tion scattered throughout its surface, Australia suffers many problems related to electricity supply. That's why the government has hired Tesla to start different measures. For example, the Elon Musk company has also built the largest lithium battery in the world, with the capacity to power more than 30,000 homes: