July 7 (UPI) -- Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk announced construction of the largest battery storage facility on Friday, as well as a 100-day deadline to get it built.
The electric car company outbid 91 other companies to win the contract to construct a 100-megawatt lithium-ion battery storage facility near Jamestown, Australia. It will obtain energy from nearby wind power and store it in devices known as a Tesla Powerpacks. It will be capable of powering 30,000 homes. The facility, a project of Tesla and the French renewable energy company Neoen, will be the world's largest.