Florida residents have a new option for going green with their electricity as the Florida Public Service Commission approved Tesla’s SolarLease option today. The ruling came after a long debate over the program to determine if it represented the sale of electricity to consumers, which is not allowed.
WARNING: This article is centered around faux distortions of positive Tesla news, like you might see from Seeking Alpha or Wall Street analysts. The point is to add context and perspective (after the faux distortions) to the kinds of reactions you might see on larger media sites like CNBC and Business Insider.
Tesla is continuing its push into the lucrative Australian energy markets with a new contract for a 4MW/8MWh grid-scale battery for the Queensland utility in Townsville, Australia.
Another article attempts to discredit Tesla, this time targeting its financial practices.
A man from Oliver in Canada is living the future today, powering his new Tesla Model 3 with a rooftop solar installation on his home.
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.
Buying a Tesla is the most important thing you can do for the environment because it will help to dramatically lower the cost of batteries, making a 100% renewable grid affordable. Elon Musk recently said (and he is right!), “I think it’s probably fair to say that Tesla (our customers) has advanced sustainable energy by at least five years, conservatively, and maybe closer to 10, and then if we continue to make progress, we might advance it by 20 years. This could be all the difference in the world.”
A 25MW/50MWh storage battery supplied by Tesla has been installed in record time as part of the Gannawarra solar power plant in Victoria, Australia.
A local news affiliate went inside Tesla’s 1.2 million square foot Gigafactory 2 in upstate New York for a firsthand look at what the company is doing inside its less celebrated solar Gigafactory.
