Around the world, and despite all the noise in Australia about its big battery at Hornsdale, Tesla is best known for its electric cars, which have become so desirable they have turned the $1 trillion auto industry on its head. But as founder and CEO Elon Musk said in the company’s recent results briefing, energy…
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The South Australian battery pockets $4m as the market looks to unlock multiple potential value streams. The Tesla big battery at Hornsdale in South Australia continues to make its mark on the Australian energy market, pocketing another $4m in the fourth quarter from the provision of frequency and ancillary services. The number was revealed in the Australian…
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Tesla has been increasingly using more solar panels made by Panasonic at Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo for its solar retrofit business. Now Electrek has learned that Tesla started using a new 330-watt solar module. The production ramp-up at Gigafactory 2 has been notoriously difficult. We have mostly been focusing on the delays in producing Tesla’s…
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Tesla is rolling out a new backup gateway that can help solar-powered homes keep the lights on in a power cut. The Backup Gateway 2 pairs with the company’s Powerwall battery, which collects energy from sources like rooftop solar panels. When the gateway detects a grid power failure, it switches power output to ensure the whole…
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A new solar technology promises to offer double the efficiency of conventional residential panels, by using an optical system to concentrate the light on tiny cells typically reserved for space satellites. Insolight, a new solar startup founded by three former students from Switzerland’s École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, claims its panels can offer yields of up…
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FPL introduced Miami-Dade County’s first-ever solar power plant on last Tuesday to about 200 students and offcials. The power plant has more than 300,000 solar panels and is now powering the Miami-Dade grid. To celebrate, Florida International University students, Mayor Carlos Gimenez, Florida Memorial University Chorale, and students from across Miami-Dade, including from Mast Academy…
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Yellow Door Energy provides solar solutions and energy savings contracts to help businesses save money After raising one of the largest funding, Yellow Door Energy, a UAE-based leading solar developer, now focuses on expanding its business in the region in the next two years. Jeremy Crane, its CEO and co-founder, says Yellow Door Energy is…
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We are always being told that energy saving measures like fitting solar panels are good for our businesses, but sometimes it is less obvious why that is. Regardless of what your business is, owners need to be aware of a number of factors, such as their costs (and how to reduce them), their carbon footprint…
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A big trend in AI is the transition from cloud to edge computing. Instead of AI devices doing their computation remotely via an internet connection, they’re increasingly handling things locally, with algorithms working directly on-device. Benefits of this approach can include faster results, greater security, and more flexibility. But how far can you push this…
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Fuel Café in Walker’s Point now has solar panels used as a source of energy. The restaurant is one of only three in the city of Milwaukee to use them. “On a sunny day, it could offset about 100-percent of the cafe’s needs,” said Catie Malcheski, project developer for SunVest Solar. Sixty panels were installed…
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