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Briefing
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- Largest Battery Storage – World’s largest battery came online and now operational at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with capacity of 648 megawatt hours (MWh) and output of 108 MW
- Five Times Bigger – Battery's storage capacity five times larger than Tesla’s 129 MWh battery at Hornsdale Wind Farm in South Australia with output of 100 MW
- 10 Locations – Battery installed in 10 different locations in Abu Dhabi but can be controlled as single plant, making it single largest virtual power plant in world
- Sodium Sulfur – Used sodium sulfur batteries supplied by Japan’s NGK instead of lithium-ion batteries which need air conditioning to maintain operations at right temperatures
- Renewable Goals – Plans to spend $160 billion by 2030 on renewable energy, with more than 60% of electricity obtained from carbon-free sources by 2050
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Energy
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Organization
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NGK Insulators Ltd.
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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January 30, 2019
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