Eco homes open their doors
Transition Town Worthing has launched its fourth Eco Open Houses Worthing, in collaboration with Green Open Homes.
Tesla confirms having produced its 300,000th electric car
Tesla is often seen as the world’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer and it is in many ways, but not based on total vehicles produced – though it could soon take the lead.
Teslas Are Finally Replacing Porsches on the Autobahn
[Repost] With a charging network five times more dense than that in America, Germany is poised to become the world’s No.3 electric-car market
How I learned to slash my power bill, with solar and storage
(REPOST: One Step Off The Grid)Actually, I just earned $3.20 from selling half the storage in my Tesla Powerwall 1 during a ‘Grid Event’ back on 7 March, which brought my daily earnings from selling back into the grid to $5.62.
New-build homes with solar and storage? “It’s going to be the norm
(REPOST: One Step Off The Grid)
Tesla Model S P100D Versus Mercedes-AMG E63 S
(REPOST: Inside EVs)We recently featured a drag race in which the Tesla Model S P100D took on some of Germany’s finest. Tesla handled some fierce competitors from the likes of BMW and Audi but one of Germany’s most lethal cars wasn’t on the track — the almighty Mercedes-AMG E63 S. So Top Gear decided to
Tesla confirms 50,000 home virtual power plant is on the way in South Australia
(REPOST: Energy Storage)Virtual power plants (VPP) take the capabilities of several home or commercial solar-plus-storage systems and aggregate them together to form a bigger grid or capacity resource than would otherwise be possible.
5 things I found since installing Solar Panels and a Powerwall 2
(REPOST: Cyber Shack) Before you make such an investment you undertake a massive research initiative to ensure that you are investing your money correctly by installing such a system. However, since I have completed the installation and use it over summer I found out a lot more that I never learnt during the research phase.
Solar + Tesla battery storage offered as sweetener for “knockdown rebuild” homes
(REPOST: One Step Off The Grid)In a deal announced last week with solar retailer Bradford Energy, Porter Davis said it would include a 5.6kW rooftop solar system coupled with a 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall 2 to 50 such rebuilds in Victoria, as part of a limited promotion.
Tesla’s PV installs continue rapid decline to 87MW in Q4 2017
(REPOST: PV-Tech)Tesla reported another major decline in its residential solar installations for the fourth quarter of 2017, while a supply shortage in its energy storage system ‘Powerwall’ has created a customer backlog of solar and storage installs of more than one year.