Tesla Powerpacks Power New Community Microgrid Pilot Project in Canada

Source: Fred Lambert · ELECTREK · | December 6, 2021

Source: Electrek

Tesla has deployed a new Powerpack system in Pickering, Ontario to power a new community microgrid pilot project.

If successful, it could lead to more microgrids in Canada.

Ever since the launch of Tesla Energy and its stationary energy storage products, Tesla started working on microgrid projects.

The idea is to have a self-sufficient energy system using self-produced renewable energy stored in batteries and supplying a small community or facility.

After the acquisition of SolarCity, it made even more sense for Tesla to get into the microgrid business since it now had expertise with both batteries and solar power.

The first flagship microgrid project with SolarCity was on the island of Ta’u in American Samoa, where Tesla deployed a microgrid consisting of a 1.4-megawatt solar array and a six-megawatt hour energy storage system with 60 Tesla Powerpacks.

The microgrid saved the nearly 600 residents of the island more than 100,000 gallons of fuel per year previously used to supply them with electricity.

Around this time last year, we learned that Tesla had deployed over 120 microgrids around the world.

Now we learn of a new one in Canada that is interesting because it’s not about powering a remote community, but providing backup power and grid services to a small community near Toronto, Ontario.