Tesla: World's biggest battery half-built

Tesla has reached the half of-manner point in its plan to construct the sector's biggest battery, in south australia.
The plan to build the 100mw (129mwh) lithium battery grew out of a twitter wager between tesla boss elon musk and australian software entrepreneur mike cannon-brookes.
Mr musk stated tesla might build the wind-charged battery in a hundred days or the nation might now not ought to pay for it.
It's far designed to assist prevent electricity cuts that regularly hit the region.
Critics have said the area's reliance on renewable power resources has left it susceptible.
The twitter communique kicked off a flurry of hobby in australia, with three tesla competitors bidding to undercut the employer on charge and the time it would take to get the strength save running.
It brought about tesla, zen power, carnegie easy energy and lyon institution all being invited to bid for part of a $a150m (£88m) fund that the south australian authorities committed to the introduction of the battery and other renewable electricity assets.
Tesla won that deal and matched up with french corporation neoen, with a view to construct a wind farm along the battery.
Tesla has given itself an awesome risk of hitting the self-imposed deadline because creation of the battery started long earlier than the clock commenced counting down.
The legitimate countdown to the end of the a hundred-day closing date commenced on 30 september, after the assignment was given approval via australian power regulators.
Mr musk said that if tesla neglected the cut-off date it stood to lose approximately $50m (£38m).