Thanks Brad 0:13. New EOL site. HDD project. Larger pipe about half into the bore. 1:44. Westside. River road. New north-south road. Emulsion primer coat applied. 2:12. Westside. New north-south road. Sign reads ‘EOL’. 3:06. BESS installation and switchyard. Gravel spread across the entire facility. 3:28. Well, almost. 4:05. Tesla Energy Monopole. Adding the scaffold cover. 4:58. Buzzed by a helicopter. 7:38. Casting east, apron. Cybertruck rear castings. Same castings been there for a week, slowly being shifted elsewhere. 8:10. Northend, road. A trench. 8:38. Southend. Footings. Good view from the top of screen and down showing the concrete broken away from the piles to reveal the rebar, bottom rebar cages assembled to allow the cage to drop over the pile rebar, top rebar cages placed, and timbers to locate the column hold down bolts. 10:37. BIW, loading platform. Wall infilled with stud work, sheeted, and primed. 11:02. Parking Garage. Right. Rectangular and odd shaped footings. Possibly a stairwell location. 11:53. Pond. Bund built up in front of the culvert inlet. Not open for business yet. 11:56. Eastside parking. Almost empty. 13:10. Highway. Tesla road exit widening complete.
Remaining items to do on electrical power: 1) 345 kV cable terminations. 2) Connecting backup power (Cable pulls). 3) Connecting cables from the Megapack transformers to the Bess substation. 4) Completion of the main power duct-banks, vaults, and cable pulls into the building on the east side of casting. 5) Possibly cable splicing work in the vault in the north parking lot.
@@The_DuMont_Network As mentioned in the interconnection agreement... The voltage of the main bus in the BESS substation and backup power feeds is 24.9 kV. Which will match the secondary voltage from the LCRA substation. So the voltage voltage feeding the buildings is 24.9 kV.
@@jbbuzzable I heard someone mention that the helipad is probably mostly in case they need it for air ambulances. Considering that auto manufacturing can be dangerous and they expect thousands of employees, it's not unreasonable. So given that, I really hope it wasn't that.
The Austin Airport was absolutely packed with private aircraft today. From very nice turboprops to small jets, to a bunch of the big boys. I even saw a couple of BBJs, or converted passenger jets turned into flying luxury palaces. Nothing brings in money like F1.
EOL facility: @ 0:24 (Left of building) Hard to see but construction of new duct-bank to bring power to the building. @ 0:31 Large HDPE pipe being pulled into bore hole. West of EOL: @ 1:44 Ongoing road work. Megapacks/Bess substation: @ 3:06 Gravel spread throughout most of the site. @ 3:29 Conduit risers under steel structure.... Hard to tell for sure but it appears that the cables going out to the Megapack transformers are still not connected. Cables still not pulled into backup power conduits. Three cable spools can be seen to the right. 345 kV cable terminations: @ 3:43 Ongoing work under cover. @ 3:57 to 4:02 Ongoing work to set up scaffolding. LCRA substation: @ 5:02 Work to connect cables to the east transformer bus-bars appears complete. Outfall channel/parking garage: @ 11:35 Ongoing work to build a culvert under what will likely be an new extension of the north-south road.
I knew it was in the area, I get an alarm when there is an aircraft in the area. They are supposed to fly no lower than 500ft. I was at 175ft. I had noticed choppers earlier and noticed how high they were flying so I kept my height lower.
Good footage Brad. Appreciate your hard work. Are both of the transformers now on-line? What intrigues me is that not all of the new cables have been connected but the temporary switch-yard has been de-commissioned.
Only the one large transformer is online. I’m sure it’s providing plenty of power. The temporary substation is costing money just sitting there. Those are expensive transformers just collecting dust. So they are decommissioning them as quickly as possible. While I thought Tesla might pay to have the temporary maintained as a backup power source, I guess they figured if the LCRA line is down, the power is down. While I’m sure that the lower voltage Austin Electric transmission line is also fed off the same higher voltage LCRA line, it also has a AEC generating station on each end. It might be the case that Tesla was a low priority customer and was going to get dropped offline as soon as the LCRA feed went down anyway, in which case it makes sense to close and recover the temporary station as soon as possible. While I know that they are going to have emergency feeds from the BESS, I’d still want a few large diesel generators onsite and part of the SCADA power system.
Please like and subscribe to this channel. Click the bell for notifications.
Support can be given at this link: www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted...
Thank you!
Thanks Brad
0:13. New EOL site. HDD project. Larger pipe about half into the bore.
1:44. Westside. River road. New north-south road. Emulsion primer coat applied.
2:12. Westside. New north-south road. Sign reads ‘EOL’.
3:06. BESS installation and switchyard. Gravel spread across the entire facility.
3:28. Well, almost.
4:05. Tesla Energy Monopole. Adding the scaffold cover.
4:58. Buzzed by a helicopter.
7:38. Casting east, apron. Cybertruck rear castings. Same castings been there for a week, slowly being shifted elsewhere.
8:10. Northend, road. A trench.
8:38. Southend. Footings. Good view from the top of screen and down showing the concrete broken away from the piles to reveal the rebar, bottom rebar cages assembled to allow the cage to drop over the pile rebar, top rebar cages placed, and timbers to locate the column hold down bolts.
10:37. BIW, loading platform. Wall infilled with stud work, sheeted, and primed.
11:02. Parking Garage. Right. Rectangular and odd shaped footings. Possibly a stairwell location.
11:53. Pond. Bund built up in front of the culvert inlet. Not open for business yet.
11:56. Eastside parking. Almost empty.
13:10. Highway. Tesla road exit widening complete.
Thanks, Brad at 7:25 GREAT shot of the FRUNK
Go Cybertruck ❤!
thanks Brad
3:40 the 3 boxes hold the termination insulators for the 345 kv line
Very nice !
Great video Brad!
Thanks Brad Great Video
Merci👍👍👍
Remaining items to do on electrical power:
1) 345 kV cable terminations.
2) Connecting backup power (Cable pulls).
3) Connecting cables from the Megapack transformers to the Bess substation.
4) Completion of the main power duct-banks, vaults, and cable pulls into the building on the east side of casting.
5) Possibly cable splicing work in the vault in the north parking lot.
David, what do you reckon is the secondary voltage feeding the buildings?
@@The_DuMont_Network As mentioned in the interconnection agreement...
The voltage of the main bus in the BESS substation and backup power feeds is 24.9 kV. Which will match the secondary voltage from the LCRA substation. So the voltage voltage feeding the buildings is 24.9 kV.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn😊
❤❤
👍
4:58 Notice the helicopter shadow. Did a helicopter land on the pad?
There's always a chance. I give this about one in a million.
No there was a constant flow of helicopters because of the F1 race about 5 mile south down the highway.
@@jbbuzzable I heard someone mention that the helipad is probably mostly in case they need it for air ambulances. Considering that auto manufacturing can be dangerous and they expect thousands of employees, it's not unreasonable. So given that, I really hope it wasn't that.
The Austin Airport was absolutely packed with private aircraft today. From very nice turboprops to small jets, to a bunch of the big boys. I even saw a couple of BBJs, or converted passenger jets turned into flying luxury palaces. Nothing brings in money like F1.
@@BTSflyer Might be from Austin Executive Airport. Also heard Prince Harry is there.
EOL facility:
@ 0:24 (Left of building) Hard to see but construction of new duct-bank to bring power to the building.
@ 0:31 Large HDPE pipe being pulled into bore hole.
West of EOL:
@ 1:44 Ongoing road work.
Megapacks/Bess substation:
@ 3:06 Gravel spread throughout most of the site.
@ 3:29 Conduit risers under steel structure.... Hard to tell for sure but it appears that the cables going out to the Megapack transformers are still not connected.
Cables still not pulled into backup power conduits. Three cable spools can be seen to the right.
345 kV cable terminations:
@ 3:43 Ongoing work under cover.
@ 3:57 to 4:02 Ongoing work to set up scaffolding.
LCRA substation:
@ 5:02 Work to connect cables to the east transformer bus-bars appears complete.
Outfall channel/parking garage:
@ 11:35 Ongoing work to build a culvert under what will likely be an new extension of the north-south road.
Wasnt it quite a close call with that helicopter above you ?!? 🤔 (4:57)
I knew it was in the area, I get an alarm when there is an aircraft in the area. They are supposed to fly no lower than 500ft. I was at 175ft. I had noticed choppers earlier and noticed how high they were flying so I kept my height lower.
Brad,
I really enjoy your drone flights. Wondering which Drone and camera you use.
DJI Mavic 3 Classic
Ich schätze deine Videos sehr, aber was mit der Auflösung los?
Good footage Brad. Appreciate your hard work.
Are both of the transformers now on-line? What intrigues me is that not all of the new cables have been connected but the temporary switch-yard has been de-commissioned.
Only the one large transformer is online. I’m sure it’s providing plenty of power. The temporary substation is costing money just sitting there. Those are expensive transformers just collecting dust. So they are decommissioning them as quickly as possible. While I thought Tesla might pay to have the temporary maintained as a backup power source, I guess they figured if the LCRA line is down, the power is down. While I’m sure that the lower voltage Austin Electric transmission line is also fed off the same higher voltage LCRA line, it also has a AEC generating station on each end. It might be the case that Tesla was a low priority customer and was going to get dropped offline as soon as the LCRA feed went down anyway, in which case it makes sense to close and recover the temporary station as soon as possible. While I know that they are going to have emergency feeds from the BESS, I’d still want a few large diesel generators onsite and part of the SCADA power system.
@@Bill_N_ATX Thanks.
👍