S2A Modular in California is constructing a factory to manufacture net zero modular homes that feature Tesla Powerwall and SolarRoof technology. They will cost about 20% less than a conventional home.
Musk’s charitable contributions are remarkable and often disregarded.
To help ease the pain of the search for gifts, I’m sharing a few clean tech gifts that I have found over the last few months that I love and that you might love or might want to gift to someone.
The top 20 articles of the past week on CleanTechnica included a Tesla solar + Powerwall experience, reflections on the scary & concerning aftermath of California wildfires from the sky, yet another jarring wake-up call on global scorching and potential climate collapse, climate action via Tesla consumerism, the ongoing jockeying for a Tesla gigafactory in the various corners and centers of Europe, a raffle to win a Tesla while supporting climate action, and much more.
We went “live” with our solar installation on April 9, 2018. To recap, we’ve got 8.125 kW of generation capacity from our roof-mounted array of 25 panels, each capable of 320 watt gross output with a Powerwall 2 and a 240V Tesla car charging station.
52 families in Meadow Springs in Western Australia are taking part in a novel experiment — shared community energy storage. This could change the utility industry in important ways.
A Northern California man in PG&E’s electrical service territory had his electricity turned off by the utility for high wildfire risk for a full 42 hours yet was able to run his home on his Tesla Powerwall for the entire duration. The Powerwall installed in the remote home came out at the other end of the 42-hour outage with 9% charge remaining.
For those of you who have read my other articles, you know we had a Powerwall 2 installed with our solar generation system back in April this year. I was asked to provide my take on how things are going. What was expected, what was unexpected, how it’s been operating overall?
Tesla has increased the prices of some of its energy products, including the popular Powerwall, to account for new features and hardware it has just added.
The reason Tesla names its Nevada battery production factory the Gigafactory was to help people understand that only when operating at a larger economy of scale does EV battery production truly become profitable.
