Links to several of Tesla’s energy storage products. VMM explained. There are many critics who say that Renewable energy will always need ‘baseload’ generation – thermal power plants. But they are being proven wrong by these new inventions that emulate baseload generation with software.
Tesla says (quote) “”As more wind and solar power replace fossil fuel generation, less mechanical inertia is available on the grid, removing a natural stability buffer in the case of a grid disturbance. Tesla’s Virtual Machine Mode is designed to address these stability challenges by virtually emulating mechanical inertia. Megapack’s built-in inverters with Virtual Machine Mode create grid-forming dynamics that provide grid strength, respond to added and rejected loads and maintain quality voltage at the point of interconnection. In South Australia, the Hornsdale Power Reserve alone can provide up to 3,000 megawatt-seconds of inertia by using Virtual Machine Mode — roughly half of the state’s entire inertia needs.””
Tesla has a new product called ‘Virtual Machine Mode’ coming to its ‘Big Battery’