Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to help restore Puerto Rico’s hurricane-wrecked power grid with the company’s batteries and solar panels. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló responded positively. Making good on the promise, Tesla has switched on a combination of its solar panels and Powerpack commercial energy storage batteries for Hospital del Niño, a children’s […]
A tiny, scenic island lying off Scotland’s west coast is truly a model for sustainable, off-grid living. With no mainland electricity connection, the Isle of Eigg gets its electricity from the water, the wind and the sun. After decades of using diesel generators, in February 2008 the residents of Eigg officially switched to their own […]
A massive solar and battery farm is being built in South Australia’s Riverland region. If everything goes to plan, the plant will be running by the end of 2017 and will be the largest such system in the world, Brisbane-based renewable energy developer and investor Lyon Group announced. The Riverland plant consists of 330MW of […]
Elon Musk‘s Master Plan to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy is becoming reality. Tesla and Panasonic have officially kicked off the mass production of lithium-ion battery cells at the massive Gigafactory outside Sparks, Nevada. Battery Cell Production Begins at the Gigafactory https://t.co/xrFl4tChBx — Tesla (@Tesla) January 4, 2017 “Tesla’s mission is to accelerate […]
Plans for the world’s first “Tesla town” are underway. YarraBend, a suburb-to-be located just outside of Melbourne’s city center, is under development by local property group Glenvill. The world’s first “Tesla town” is coming to Melbourne, Australia. Glenvill The developers have already put the first 60 homes on the market. The eco-friendly abodes will have […]