By Jon Sullivan
Mar 10, 2021
The Tesla subsidiary Gambit Energy Storage LLC has been quietly building a massive facility south of Angleton, projected to have the capacity to provide 100 megawatts of electricity.
The secret site in a wooded area just west of Angleton features 20 rows of fabric-covered structures which, it s presumed, will house heavy-duty power-storage units. The gigantic battery array, set for completion in June, will reportedly be able to plug into the state power grid and supply some 20,000 homes on a hot summer day.
Tesla has not responded to inquiries about the project, and there s no suggestion of how the company would be compensated for any power it might provide. By storing excess wind- and solar-generated electricity when prices and demand are low, the company could sell it to the grid when called for.
Tesla is building a secret mega-battery in an effort to help shore up a Texas power grid that was rocked by outages last month when a historic winter storm gripped the state.