August 6th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
It's super easy for customers in one of the sunniest places in the world, Southern California, to add solar and storage to their home. Adding batteries to a home is a lot like adding a generator to your home as a backup power source, but the real secret in the sauce is pairing batteries with rooftop solar. In this configuration, the rooftop solar will continuously recharge the home battery, allowing the system to provide power to a home for much longer
August 5th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
Our local utility notified us that a power outage with an 8-hour outage window spanning from 9am to 5pm was scheduled for June 3rd. For most people, in a non-pandemic world, that would not be a problem. People are normally at work during the day, so the outage passes by unnoticed
July 26th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
On the Tesla earnings call last Wednesday, July 22, Elon mentioned the renewable energy stack for the home. Tesla was focused on the big three: collection (solar), storage (Li-on batteries), and consumption (transport). These are indeed three defining parts of the renewable energy cycle for private persons
June 19th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Tesla has been given the green light to generate electricity in the UK. It's been granted an electricity generation license and Ofgem, an energy regulator, has published a press release stating
May 7th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Tesla energy storage is in high demand, growing faster than Tesla can keep up. Meanwhile, solar demand is down, but much if not all of that relates to the coronavirus shutdown
April 17th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla has updated its Powerwall app to allow direct control of how much stored energy is devoted to charging a car and how much is reserved go power a home.
April 8th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
The Tesla virtual power plant in South Australia is only 2% complete but already it has proven its worth many times over while lowering utility bills for many customers.
March 30th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
Van life is one of those trendy hashtags that's easily overlooked these days, but a #vanlife lived outdoors, on the trails, and "away from it all" may be just what the social distancing doctor ordered — and if you're going to do it, you might as well do it in style. Is a Ram ProMaster + Tesla battery pack the winning formula to living your best life
March 6th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
The Tesla Powerwall, a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that can store energy from solar panels, provide backup power, and even be used for full off-the-grid use, has been approved for Victoria's solar battery rebate
February 21st, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Tesla is helping Australian bushfire victims with its part in the collective efforts alongside 5B, a solar provider in Sydney, and Mike Cannon-Brooks, the founder of Atlassian. The goal is to install solar panels and batteries in towns that have lost power completely due to the devastating bushfires of 2019–
February 14th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
This week, Tesla locked in a new patent for a distributed electrical grid management system, with capability to control everything from massive grid-scale energy storage installations down to your washing machine to keep everything humming along nicely
February 9th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
The Tesla Powerwall 2 is one of the most advanced residential energy storage systems in the world, and it all starts with the batteries. The leadership highlights the fact that Tesla is not only a carmaker, but also a major battery company that sells its batteries in a variety of form factors, including cars like the Model 3 and stationary energy products like the Powerwall
January 29th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
From all appearances, 2019 marked the liftoff of Tesla's Energy division. The company marked a 26% quarter-on-quarter increase in solar installations from 43 MW to 54 MW. Storage saw an equally impressive bump on its larger base from 477 MWh installed in Q3 2019 to 530 MWh in Q4
January 26th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
The Tesla Solarglass Roof finally makes solar beautiful and easy to look at for folks who don't appreciate the look of conventional solar panels. I for one love solar and have always enjoyed the look of solar panels on a roof, but I also think the Solarglass roof tiles are more beautiful, more functional, and more durable than most traditional roofing surfaces
January 4th, 2020 | by Bob Borsh
Greetings from Vermont on New Year’s Day 2020 (at time of writing). Looking back into my archived articles here on CleanTechnica, it appears I have not had anything published since November 20, 2018. My first article regarding our rooftop solar + Tesla Powerwall 2 system was published on April 21,
December 31st, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna
How did Tesla Energy contribute to the company's Big Picture fiscal framework in
December 20th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Electric cars and residential rooftop solar enable millions of people around the world to clean up their carbon footprint without sacrificing quality of life. One lucky lady shared the sustainability journey she went on with her family, first adopting an electric car and later a rooftop solar system from Tesla
December 17th, 2019 | by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai
On the 9th of this month, for the first time ever, Eskom, South Africa’s national power utility company, implemented Stage 6 Load shedding in which Eskom had to shed a load of 6000 MW to stabilise the grid. South Africa’s current installed capacity is 49.4 GW, according to the Draft Integrated Recourse Plan (2018) from South Africa’s Department of Energy
December 16th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
What caught readers' eyes the most on CleanTechnica last week? That would be the new Tesla Backup Gateway 2, which looks like a mini Powerwall; a titillating study on EV total cost of ownership in the UK that Bank of American Merrill Lynch conducted and shared with CleanTechnica; and a commentary on Tesla's revenue growth juxtaposed against Tesla critics' seemingly never-ending pessimism, which is typically very misplaced
December 13th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
Fully Charged just released another very informative video about sustainable living. They make many videos about electric vehicles and this [&hellip
