Originally published on Solar Love. When Tesla announced the Powerwall, its home energy storage product, it was stated that SolarCity* would be offering the Powerwall to its customers in Hawaii and California. However, details were slim. Now, SolarCity has officially announced “energy storage for new homes and a special low, … [continued]
Update (May 10): Note that none of the prices below include any subsidies or incentives. [Full Disclosure: I’m long TSLA & SCTY.] Since the Tesla Powerwall news came out, it seems the world has been racing to understand energy storage. It’s easy to understand the concept of storing electricity and … [continued]
One of the huge pieces of news coming out of Tesla’s conference call last night was that 38,000 reservations have been made for Tesla’s Powerwall (but with an average above 1/reservation resulting in something more like 50,000 Powerwalls or more), as well as ~2,500 reservations for the much larger Powerpacks. This … [continued]
Update #3 (May 10): As some readers and interviewed company executives have noted, the best way to compare Tesla’s battery storage products to others on the market is not simply via a $/kWh of capacity figure, but via a $/kWh of electricity generated (over the lifetime of the product) figure … [continued]
