In response, Musk said Tesla would get the system installed and working 100 days from contract signature or it would come at no cost to the Australian government - he later revealed that if his team were to take longer than 100 days, it could the company about $50m. “There will be a lot of people that will look at this -‘Did they get it done within 100 days? Elon Musk’s Tesla won a tender to build what the billionaire says is the world’s largest lithium-ion battery system to support South Australia’s blackout-plagued power grid. “We are going to make sure it does.”

The 100-day deadline will begin within a few weeks, a political source said, after a connectivity agreement is reached between South Australia, Telsa, Neoen and the Australian Energy Market Operator. For more on Tesla energy generation and storage, watch Fortune's video:

Tesla said in a state ment that upon completion by December 2017, the system would be the largest lithium-ion battery storage project in the world, overtaking an 80 megawatt-hour power station at Mira Loma in Ontario, California, also built using Tesla batteries.
South Australia finalizes a deal with Tesla, spearheaded by tweets originating from CEO of Tesla Elon Musk, to install a battery system in the state. Tesla said in a statement that upon completion by December 2017, the system would be the largest lithium-ion battery storage project in the world, overtaking an 80 megawatt-hour power station at Mira Loma in California also built using Tesla batteries.