A new drone video shows Tesla making progress toward completion on its Moss Landing Megapack project, which is expected to become the world's largest battery system.
We first learned about PG&E's MG Landing substation project when they submitted it to the CPUC and the company was in talks with Tesla in 2017.
It includes four separate energy storage projects , and two of them will become the largest battery systems in the world.
Dynegy is set to develop a 300MW/1,200MWh project on PG&E's grid, while Tesla's project will be 182.5MW/730MWh, which could eventually reach 1.1GWh.
In 2018, electrek received Tesla's proposal for the project which indicated that the company planned to use the "Megapack" instead of the usual Powerpack for large utility-scale projects.
Early last year, the project was officially approved and its first phase began in July.
October was reported when the first Megapacks – Tesla's new container-sized battery system for large energy storage projects – began to be installed .
Tesla has continued to deliver more Megapacks to PG&E since then, and a new drone shows that the first phase of the project is nearing completion:
However, a lot of work still needs to be done before they can activate the project online and start helping the network.
PG&E's MG Landing project is not expected to be completed until the second half of the year.
The new capacity will boost Tesla's energy storage facility, which has been setting new records every quarter.
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