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]
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]
Those living in Hawaii that are interested in going off-grid will soon have a new option for doing so available to them via SolarCity, based on a recent press release. According to that release, the company will begin offering off-grid solar energy + battery systems to eligible customers in the … [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]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Elon Musk has created one of the world’s most valuable motor companies by doubling the price of electric vehicles and wowing consumers with a high-performance, luxury electric vehicle. Now he wants to use that cachet to enter the mass market – in home energy systems with … [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]
