Cargill (Fresno, California, U.S.) on May 1st, 2015 announced collaboration with Tesla and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), to install Tesla's Energy Storage product at the company's Fresno beef processing facility.
Tesla's batteries help to reduce energy costs by storing solar power at off-peak use times, then using it during peak periods. In total, the Tesla batteries have a 1 megawatt capacity that will be charged daily from the existing PG&E electricity grid system during off-peak hours, when electricity rates are lowest.
1 MW storage capacity estimated to save more than USD 100,000 annually
The electricity stored in the batteries will then be used when rates are the highest each day during peak use times. By doing so, Cargill is reducing its contribution to the daily state power peak, when less environmentally friendly electricity generation might otherwise be required to meet demand. Electric utility cost savings according to Cargill are estimated to be more than USD 100,000 annually.
“Tesla Energy Storage is another example of our willingness to employ new and different concepts for reducing our environmental footprint in ways that benefit the community and our beef business,” said Jon Nash, Cargill's beef plant general manager at Fresno.
Jackson Family Wines stationary Tesla storage systems account for 4.2 MW of total capacity
On the same day Jackson Family Wines (JFW, Santa Rosa, California), the family-owned California luxury wine collection best known for its acclaimed Kendall-Jackson winery, announced it has installed one of the first large-scale Tesla stationary energy storage systems across a number of its wineries.
Prior to that, Tesla introduced its energy storage offering in LA. JFW was included in the announcement as one of Tesla’s early strategic collaborators.
JFW has 21 Tesla stationary storage systems installed at its Kendall-Jackson winery and several of JFW’s other California wineries, accounting for 4.2 MW of total storage capacity.
Solar photovoltaics (PV) combined with energy storage is expected to provide JFW with a total savings of approximately USD 2 million next year on electricity costs, reducing the company’s electricity bill by nearly 40%.
2015-05-04 | Courtesy: Cargill; Jackson Family Wines; Image: Business Wire | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH
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