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Elon Musk's Tesla, France's Neoen win landmark SA battery tender

Ben Potter
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Elon Musk's Tesla Motors and French wind farm developer Neoen have won a landmark tender to supply a 100-megawatt battery to shore up South Australia's fragile power grid, the largest battery project in the world.

Mr Musk, founder of the California-based electric vehicle company which has turned its sights to energy storage, said the battery would change the energy market by helping to stabilise South Australia's power grid and lower prices.

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Ben Potter writes on energy, climate change and innovation, and has been Washington correspondent, opinion editor and companies editor. Connect with Ben on Twitter. Email Ben at bpotter@afr.com

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