Some folks believe renewable energy land requirements are enormous when it comes to powering homes with solar electricity. But when Tesla Energy announced it had created one of the world’s cheapest home batteries, the Powerwall, designed to be paired with a home’s solar panel electricity generators, a new factor was added … [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]
Tesla has yet another new partner for its new energy storage business, as the manufacturing company and the energy intelligence software provider EnerNOC will be collaborating on the deployment + management of storage systems at a number of different commercial + industrial buildings, according to a recent press release. The … [continued]
Tesla is apparently having no trouble finding companies interested in using its newly unveiled energy/battery storage solutions. As just a couple more examples, Cargill and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) will be installing a 1 MWh (megawatt-hour) Tesla battery system at Cargill’s Fresno, California, beef processing facility. This battery system will be … [continued]
Originally published on SolarLove.org SolarCity and Tesla are teaming up to create turnkey residential power backup packages, according to a press release from SolarCity. Tesla announced its new Powerwall battery storage product to much fanfare last week. It is based on the lithium-ion battery technology that Tesla and its battery partner, Panasonic, use … [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]
Enjoying your weekend? Here’s some more cleantech fun for your reading and viewing pleasure: Tesla Tesla Power Wall Without Solar Let The Groveling Begin For Gig 2 Another Insane Mode Video — NSFW Model S Australia Road Trip Energy Usage 120,000 Miles In A Tesla Model S In Just 2 Years — Happy Customer Shares … [continued]
I think one of the lessons of the day is to trust Elon Musk. When he said approximately a month ago that Tesla would be announcing a “major new product line” on April 30, he wasn’t using the term “major” in a light way. [Full Disclosure: I’m long (very long) … [continued]
