WHAT ARE GIGAFACTORIES?
01 Sep 2021
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WHAT ARE GIGAFACTORIES?
The term was first mentioned by Elon Musk, some time in 2013 – in association with the massive battery production facility that Tesla, his electric car company, was building.
There are two common understandings of the term – one states that a gigafactory signifies a factory that is capable of end to end production of thousands of gigawatts of energy, Giga is a unit of measurement, representing billions. The other interpretation of the term is that a gigafactory generally points to a massive factory – with ‘giga’ denoting the sheer scale of the enterprise.
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WHY ARE GIGAFACTORIES NEEDED?
As demand for electric vehicles goes up, so does the demand for batteries. In order to cater for this, batteries need to be manufactured on a vast scale – and that’s something that existing car manufacturing sites will struggle to do. Giga factories aren’t just making batteries for our cars, they’re at the the hearts of our renewable energy future. It won’t just produce green technology, the factory itself will be powered by renewable energy.
The Gigafactory is about 30 percent done. Once complete, Tesla expects the Gigafactory to be the biggest building in the world – and entirely powered by renewable energy sources. Designed to be a net zero energy factory upon completion, the facility will be primarily powered by solar. In order to cater for the anticipated surge in electric vehicle production many more gigafactories will be required all over the world.
The futuristic Tesla Gigafactory could literally power the world.
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