tesla launches batteries for homes, businesses, utilities - home battery storage
Tesla Motors
Chief executive Elon Musk has unveiled a battery to store electricity for homes, businesses and utilities, saying the greener grid has further advanced the company's mission to provide pollution --free energy.
"Our goal here is to fundamentally change the way the world uses energy," Musk said at an event Thursday at Hawthorne, California design studio.
"What we're talking about is too Watt.
Our goal is to completely transform the energy infrastructure of the entire world.
After weeks of anticipation, Tesla Energy's statement marks the company's expansion beyond electric vehicles.
As households, businesses and utilities use more renewable energy from the sun and wind, there is a growing demand for reliable electricity.
Batteries can be used to store power during peak production periods and to distribute it when the sun is not bright or the wind is not blowing.
Tesla's home battery, called Powerwall, is a rechargeable lithium battery.
Installed on the wall and has a 7 KW ion model
Hours or 10 KW-
The company said in a statement that the one-hour version.
Tesla said it will start delivery at the end of the summer starting at $3,000.
Shares of the company rose 0.
$ 1% to $226. 37 at 10:03 a. m. New York time.
The battery is designed to make so-called “load-
Transfer by charging when electricity prices are reduced due to reduced demand, and discharging when demand and price are high ".
According to Tesla, it can also store solar energy generated during the day, release it at night, and act as a backup when there is a power outage.
Average household consumption in the United States is about 30 KW
According to U. S. data, it takes hours of energy a day. S.
Energy Information Administration
Musk said the battery at home looked like "a beautiful sculpture on the wall ".
"They have different colors, including red, blue, gray, black and white, similar to the paint used in the Tesla Model S sedan.
Storage has finally ushered in an era in the utilities industry.
A breakthrough energy source in Tesla's home state of California
Require PG & E to perform storage tasks
Edison International's Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and electricity from sempula energy jointly purchased 1.
As of the end of 2020, 3 gigawatts of energy storage capacity.
To ease congestion on transmission lines, New York is also turning to storage and plans to retire from aging power plants.
It's hard for the power industry to figure out a cost-
With effective storage solutions, the problem becomes more urgent as more solar and wind energy is integrated into the grid.
Chris Shelton, vice president of AES, said: "Energy storage can become a very large ecosystem . "
Arlington, Virginia-
After Musk's statement, power producers and utility owners said in an interview that the statement attracted nearly 1,000 people.
"It is helpful to have another voice and a prominent voice to prove this.
Utility of Tesla
The scale battery will include 100 KW-
Hours that can be grouped by 500 KW-
Over 10 megawattshours.
Palo Alto, California
Tesla, based near Reno, Nevada, is building a $5 billion "Gigabit plant" that will enable mass production to reduce battery costs for cars and energy
Has become a storage product of the company's revenue source.
Musk said more such plants will be needed to help make the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Tesla's battery has been supplied to big customers such as Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart Stores Ltd. , Cargill Inc.
The company said that the Jackson family wine company has established partnerships with companies such as Green Mountain Power to sell its home batteries.
The company also works with Southern California Edison to install batteries for utilities, which Amazon works. com Inc.
And target company
Tesla will pilot the use of batteries for businesses.