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Thanks Brad *Sort by Newest First or Top Comments if only the first few lines are visible* 0:49. Southend, east. Apron. Substantial amount of asphalt paving complete. East Fire Escape Passage. Staging and decking for the roof formwork. 1:49. Southend, east. Level 2. White wall straight ahead behind the silver ductwork. Stairwell and corridor structure that connects the 2 level south extension, and the 3 level Data Centre, to the Fire Escape Passages. 3:02. Southend. Central Fire Escape Passage. Ramp concrete placed. Ride-on trowelling machine just visible inside. 4:38. Southend, Tunnel Portal. Bare earth. 5:31. GA, Loading platform. Snuck in a new roof access stair. A week ago as it turns out. May have been when the lower loading platform was removed. 6:03. Sand Hills Pipeline Project. Top left. Unconventional parking location.
Cheers mate. Gas turbines can be quite efficient and very much so when operating at or close to peak production. Be interesting to see if Tesla can make good use of the supposed increase in 'local' grid supply. Few years back Amazon opened (built actually) a datacentre or data distribution hub (likely for Prime video I think) very close by to a nuclear power station. I forget where about in the US. Not extreme as others have done it and still do but it stuck out as being at such a massive scale... insane power demand... Turn it on and it trips the grid just booting.
is there an announced plan to add more generation at that site ? It's just over 300MW Capacity presently. In looking around I see there's a really large CCGT plant announced ENE of Taylor about 25 miles - same capacity as a retired coal fired plant at over 1GW. Maybe that has some Samsung ties/impetus - but it looks to be 2 years out at least. So they're increasing some dispatch-able power capacity - that's a pretty fair amount of add. (TX ERCOT grid in summer can have peak demands above 80GW ...)
I would like to know when the site managers are going to do anything correctly on this project? Such a huge area without gullies? Are they still normal or are they too stupid in Texas? Is the soup supposed to run straight into the pond? A “great” idea, then it will regularly tip over and become a cesspit.
The way those gas turbine plants are setup; they can be expanded continuously. Keep adding turbines. Will turbines go go where that pipe deadends? Anyone here on that pipeline crew?
Thanks Brad for getting a great close up view of the transformers! 52 transformers: @ 7:44 Definitely rated at 34.5 kV and 4.8 MW (assuming a power factor of 1). Also a voltage mismatch with the existing Megapack installation as well as the backup power feeds to the factory. Which are all 24.9 kV. Two possible solutions that I could think of (though #1 below was mentioned by others as well).... 1) The new transformer to be installed at the substation will be rated at 34.5 kV and serve the data center, while everything else is 24.9 kV. 2) Assumptions were wrong and all power feeds to the factory are actually 34.5 kV. With only the backup power feeds being at 24.9 kV, installed as an isolated system with its own transformers at various points in the factory. Any other ideas on the two different voltages?
#1 seems the more likely (least unlikely) to me. It all seems very odd as in why the **** would you do it like that! but that has often been the case with Elon and his ventures. Keeps things interesting though lol
@@memrjohnno where is the break in ownership on the power delivery - right at the substation/switch yard ? Will Tesla actually own these transformers or are they part of the service delivery to the site such that the power authority owns them ?
@@lylestavast7652 ERCOT own the switchyard I believe and so that would be the boundary but Texas has regulations etc. regarding their grid that are unlike any other state.... as I understand it. The Megapack and auto bidder software evidently runs/ can be run as a spur to the grid system like V2G so it's not 'way out there' these days.
@@memrjohnno Agree that #1 seems more likely. They have to get a lot of power over a long distance and raising the voltage from 24.9 kV to 34.5 kV allows more power to be transmitted over the same sized cables. # 2 was included to cover all possibilities that I could think of. They just finished pulling all cables into the Mega-vault. If they connect them to switchgear in the existing white buildings on top of the vault..... Then # 2 would probably be correct. Why? Because the voltage has to = 34.5 kV to match the primary input voltage of the new transformers. How will we know where they connect the cables? If they connect them in the existing buildings... My guess is that we will soon see pieces of excess cable tossed out of the access hatches on top of the vault. Kind of an indirect way of knowing what is going on.
@@memrjohnno I doubt ERCOT owns that, it operates and regulates power flow - but LRCA is likely the owner of that switchyard - someone correct me if I'm wrong on ownership. Tesla for instance owns that BESS, and has interconnect right to receive and sell onto the grid through that yard as I understand it (arbitrage included but not sure they're presently doing it?) ERCOT is an ISO operator and traffic cop, they plant, monitor and keep the markets for power going and address overall reliability issues. They don't actually own physical. I ask because ERCOT is so unique in many ways. ERCOT is run by a PUC that the Legislature oversees for policy etc. "The Grid" in the US isn't a single entity; the ownerships of generation, transmission and distribution varies quite a bit ...
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I really like your closeups. Thanks.
Awesome music to go along with your awesome video.
Thank you for sharing.
That was really good video and shows exactly what they are doing!👍👍👍
Thanks you Brad, video fantastic, from Spain
That asphalt next to the cooling tower looks way nicer than before.
Thanks Brad
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0:49. Southend, east. Apron. Substantial amount of asphalt paving complete. East Fire Escape Passage. Staging and decking for the roof formwork.
1:49. Southend, east. Level 2. White wall straight ahead behind the silver ductwork. Stairwell and corridor structure that connects the 2 level south extension, and the 3 level Data Centre, to the Fire Escape Passages.
3:02. Southend. Central Fire Escape Passage. Ramp concrete placed. Ride-on trowelling machine just visible inside.
4:38. Southend, Tunnel Portal. Bare earth.
5:31. GA, Loading platform. Snuck in a new roof access stair. A week ago as it turns out. May have been when the lower loading platform was removed.
6:03. Sand Hills Pipeline Project. Top left. Unconventional parking location.
🤗look how much work has been completed 🤗 - it’s HUGEEEE - 5 football fields in length atleast!👍
They sure got all that pipe laid out quick.
Cheers mate. Gas turbines can be quite efficient and very much so when operating at or close to peak production. Be interesting to see if Tesla can make good use of the supposed increase in 'local' grid supply. Few years back Amazon opened (built actually) a datacentre or data distribution hub (likely for Prime video I think) very close by to a nuclear power station. I forget where about in the US. Not extreme as others have done it and still do but it stuck out as being at such a massive scale... insane power demand... Turn it on and it trips the grid just booting.
Merci👍👍👍
Thanks Brad
I suppose it’s difficult to please everyone.But there more informative with a voice over
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is there an announced plan to add more generation at that site ? It's just over 300MW Capacity presently. In looking around I see there's a really large CCGT plant announced ENE of Taylor about 25 miles - same capacity as a retired coal fired plant at over 1GW. Maybe that has some Samsung ties/impetus - but it looks to be 2 years out at least. So they're increasing some dispatch-able power capacity - that's a pretty fair amount of add. (TX ERCOT grid in summer can have peak demands above 80GW ...)
Papers were filed last year as I remember and was for an additional 100MW, though I could have the figure wrong.
I would like to know when the site managers are going to do anything correctly on this project?
Such a huge area without gullies? Are they still normal or are they too stupid in Texas? Is the soup supposed to run straight into the pond? A “great” idea, then it will regularly tip over and become a cesspit.
The way those gas turbine plants are setup; they can be expanded continuously. Keep adding turbines. Will turbines go go where that pipe deadends? Anyone here on that pipeline crew?
Hi Brad. If you fly tomorrow (20 August) can you fly around Casting please.
yes I will.
@@BTSflyer Thanks Brad.
Thanks Brad for getting a great close up view of the transformers!
52 transformers:
@ 7:44 Definitely rated at 34.5 kV and 4.8 MW (assuming a power factor of 1). Also a voltage mismatch with the existing Megapack installation as well as the backup power feeds to the factory. Which are all 24.9 kV.
Two possible solutions that I could think of (though #1 below was mentioned by others as well)....
1) The new transformer to be installed at the substation will be rated at 34.5 kV and serve the data center, while everything else is 24.9 kV.
2) Assumptions were wrong and all power feeds to the factory are actually 34.5 kV. With only the backup power feeds being at 24.9 kV, installed as an isolated system with its own transformers at various points in the factory.
Any other ideas on the two different voltages?
#1 seems the more likely (least unlikely) to me. It all seems very odd as in why the **** would you do it like that! but that has often been the case with Elon and his ventures. Keeps things interesting though lol
@@memrjohnno where is the break in ownership on the power delivery - right at the substation/switch yard ? Will Tesla actually own these transformers or are they part of the service delivery to the site such that the power authority owns them ?
@@lylestavast7652 ERCOT own the switchyard I believe and so that would be the boundary but Texas has regulations etc. regarding their grid that are unlike any other state.... as I understand it. The Megapack and auto bidder software evidently runs/ can be run as a spur to the grid system like V2G so it's not 'way out there' these days.
@@memrjohnno Agree that #1 seems more likely. They have to get a lot of power over a long distance and raising the voltage from 24.9 kV to 34.5 kV allows more power to be transmitted over the same sized cables. # 2 was included to cover all possibilities that I could think of.
They just finished pulling all cables into the Mega-vault. If they connect them to switchgear in the existing white buildings on top of the vault..... Then # 2 would probably be correct. Why? Because the voltage has to = 34.5 kV to match the primary input voltage of the new transformers.
How will we know where they connect the cables? If they connect them in the existing buildings... My guess is that we will soon see pieces of excess cable tossed out of the access hatches on top of the vault. Kind of an indirect way of knowing what is going on.
@@memrjohnno I doubt ERCOT owns that, it operates and regulates power flow - but LRCA is likely the owner of that switchyard - someone correct me if I'm wrong on ownership. Tesla for instance owns that BESS, and has interconnect right to receive and sell onto the grid through that yard as I understand it (arbitrage included but not sure they're presently doing it?) ERCOT is an ISO operator and traffic cop, they plant, monitor and keep the markets for power going and address overall reliability issues. They don't actually own physical. I ask because ERCOT is so unique in many ways. ERCOT is run by a PUC that the Legislature oversees for policy etc. "The Grid" in the US isn't a single entity; the ownerships of generation, transmission and distribution varies quite a bit ...