- BP (BP -1%) says it just started to use a battery system provided by Tesla (TSLA +3.1%) at its Titan 1 Wind Energy site in South Dakota. The 212kW/840kWhr Tesla battery system will store surplus energy to be utilized when the wind dies down.
- The project is the first of its kind in BP's U.S. wind business and is called a potential step forward in the performance and reliability of wind energy.
- "Insights from this project will enable BP to make better-informed decisions when evaluating and developing battery applications in the future," notes BP Wind Energy CEO Laura Folse in an e-mailed statement.