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Tesla's Elon Musk pledges to fix SA's power crisis in 100 days 'or it's free'

Ben Potter, Simon Evans and John McDuling

Updated Mar 10, 2017 – 7.48pm, first published at 2.37pm

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Software billionaire Michael Cannon-Brookes has been flooded with offers to help raise $200 million to take up Tesla chief executive Elon Musk's offer to solve South Australia's energy woes with batteries in 100 days "or it's free".

"The reaction has been overwhelming. My phone hasn't stopped buzzing. The support is flooding in, both from individuals in terms of "hell yes!" and from corporates who are asking: "Can we buy power? Can we contribute dollars?" Mr Cannon-Brookes, the co-founder of Atlassian, said.

Ben Potter writes on energy, climate change and innovation, and has been Washington correspondent, opinion editor and companies editor.

Simon Evans writes on business specialising in retail, manufacturing, beverages, mining and M&A. He is based in Adelaide.

John McDuling is National Business Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.