Apparently they made the life of people in the region (administration, utility and consumers) a lot better with their system. I'm not very knowledgeable on this topic but it seems that it was a superb demo for Tesla.

And your source for that information? (other than using Samsung cells).

I'm really curious because claiming they lost money on that project is rather specific.

Also, claiming that Samsung could have done that is specific.

Was Samsung one of the 90 bidder on that project?

Did Samsung do any utility-scale storage installation.

Does Samsung even have a competing product? Contrary to what you seem to assume, Powerpacks involve a bit more than putting li-ion cells in a box.

I don't know you how you know they lost money, but I guess it's not surprising that the first implementation in Oz lost money. My company sells database software. We sell our stuff at a significant discount to the first entrant in a new market area, so we can get some traction, and use their name to help as a listed company. This is completely standard. It seems like you are suggesting this was some underhanded behavior.

That was bidded by private companies and financed by private consortium. My understanding is that ongoing revenue will break it even. Initial install was near zero margin.