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  • Tesla battery + solar now “significantly cheaper” than grid power
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    Tesla battery + solar now “significantly cheaper” than grid power

    Just 14 months ago, the writing was on the wall for grid-only electricity supply. Turns out the gap between grid only and PV+battery+grid is growing much more quickly than we imagined.
    Bruce Mountain
    Feb 20, 2018
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  • Tesla Powerpack to enable large scale sustainable energy to South Australia
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    Tesla Powerpack to enable large scale sustainable energy to South Australia

    The Tesla Powerpack system will further transform the state’s movement towards renewable energy and see an advancement of a resilient and modern grid.
    Tesla
    Jul 7, 2017
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  • Know your NEM: Prices fall, but say goodbye to the good old days
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    Know your NEM: Prices fall, but say goodbye to the good old days

    There will be a cost to decarbonise the economy, its’ just a lot less than the cost of not decarbonising. Generation prices will stay high, network prices will be sticky, and the incentive for “grid defection” is going to continue.
    David Leitch
    Jul 3, 2017
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  • Tesla may drop DC Powerwall 2 option in Australia
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    Tesla may drop DC Powerwall 2 option in Australia

    The DC version of the Tesla Powerwall 2 will not be offered Down Under according to Adelaide blogger Ronald Brakels.
    Steve Hanley
    Mar 6, 2017
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  • Graph of the Day – Tesla Powerwall 2 way ahead of competition on price
    Tesla

    Graph of the Day – Tesla Powerwall 2 way ahead of competition on price

    Today’s graph shows both versions of the Powerwall 2 are well ahead of the closest competition on price, beating its closest rivals by one third.
    Finn Peacock
    Nov 29, 2016
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  • Tesla Powerwall 2 battery storage opens for orders in Australia
    Tesla

    Tesla Powerwall 2 battery storage opens for orders in Australia

    Tesla’s 14kWh Powerwall 2 batteries open for order in Australia, with installations set to begin in Feb 2017 – just as 100s of thousands of solar households lose their premium FiT.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Nov 23, 2016
    19
  • A Tesla Powerwall with my rooftop solar? I’ll take SIX
    Tesla

    A Tesla Powerwall with my rooftop solar? I’ll take SIX

    A Gold Coast home owner has installed six Tesla Powerwall batteries, to store 98% of the generation from his 24kW rooftop solar system. And the payback? Not bad…
    Sophie Vorrath
    Sep 9, 2016
    36
  • My Tesla Powerwall: Tales of an early adopter

    My Tesla Powerwall: Tales of an early adopter

    A Sydney household’s perspective on pairing home battery storage – a 6.4kWh Tesla Powerwall – with a 5kW rooftop solar system. How much solar power is being exported, how much is being imported… and when to bake cake.
    Nick Pfitzner
    Mar 17, 2016
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  • First Tesla Powerwall battery storage system installed in Germany

    First Tesla Powerwall battery storage system installed in Germany

    German solar and storage installer Praml has completed two of the first installations of Tesla’s 6.4kWh residential battery system in the nation’s south.
    Sandra Enkhardt
    Feb 26, 2016
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  • Tesla’s Elon Musk confirms Powerwall 2.0 is on the way

    Tesla’s Elon Musk confirms Powerwall 2.0 is on the way

    Elon Musk has confirmed Tesla will bring out a new version of its Powerwall home energy storage battery system this year.
    Becky Beetz
    Feb 3, 2016
    19
  • Vector offers free solar + Tesla storage systems to NZ consumers

    Vector offers free solar + Tesla storage systems to NZ consumers

    NZ network operator launches campaign to give free 3kW solar systems with Tesla Powerwall batteries to 130 households, community groups and schools.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Aug 4, 2015
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  • How Tesla battery storage compares with rivals on prices

    How Tesla battery storage compares with rivals on prices

    Tesla has been credited with a step change in pricing on battery storage technology. But how does it really compare with rivals?
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    May 11, 2015
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