Tesla has chosen an Australian coal town to build a battery service, repair and renewal facility for its vehicle, home-sized and electricity grid-scale battery products.
The US company’s re-manufacturing facility in Collie, Western Australia’s south-west, will be one of the largest in the nation and could eventually service the Asia-Pacific region.
“We have one of the world’s biggest stand-alone electricity grids in the south-west … we have the biggest grid-scale batteries in Australia, and some of the biggest on the planet being hooked up to that grid,” Energy Minister Reece Whitby said on Friday.
Tesla’s project will be built at the site of Neoen’s Collie battery.Credit: Neoen
“It makes sense that Tesla is here.”
The facility is being built at the site of Neoen’s Collie Battery.
Powered by 560 Tesla Megapacks, it will be the nation’s largest grid-scale battery when completed.
The Tesla service facility is expected to become operational by 2026. It will initially service Tesla’s grid-scale Megapack batteries and other Tesla products installed in WA.
Residential Powerwall batteries and electric vehicle charging equipment will also be serviced at the site once further development is completed.
Tesla regional director of energy Josef Tadich said the facility would enable the company to repair and perform maintenance on its utility-scale and residential batteries locally.
