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There are pluses and minuses for everything. My guess is Lithium Ion is not the silver bullet of the future - IMO there is no silver bullet battery until we have a reliable fusion energy source to charge the best batteries we have at the time. It's a good idea to study and consider the ecology of a H2SO4/Pb solution vs the latest Li(?-oxide) solution as pertains to dumping within the environment.
If all people were responsible and captured and recycled the effluent from their battery of choice perhaps this isn't an issue.
School is still out I think. [
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Beejee,
Tomorrow look up into the sky after the sunrises and you'll catch a glimpse of your reliable fusion energy source.
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Stock was down nearly $6 a share in trading before the announcement, and is down a little more this morning.
Down about $12 a share this week.
Some of the comments I am seeing about it, is that it is more of a toy for rich wannabe environmentalist types (much like their car) and might be useful for those who are already off-grid or in remote locations. Personally, I do not see it as a game-changer.
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According to Tesla's own website, these are not intended for off-grid applications: nominal 350-450 VDC.
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According to Tesla's own website, these are not intended for off-grid applications: nominal 350-450 VDC.
During Elon Musk's presentation he stated they were solar ready out of the box. As with other batteries I believe he meant when connected to your separately purchased solar panels and inverter.
Not sure if it would make sense to have an inverter built in, as the same batteries can be used for net metering systems which require a different type of connection to the grid.
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quote:
Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
According to Tesla's own website, these are not intended for off-grid applications: nominal 350-450 VDC.
During Elon Musk's presentation he stated they were solar ready out of the box. As with other batteries I believe he meant when connected to your separately purchased solar panels and inverter.
Not sure if it would make sense to have an inverter built in, as the same batteries can be used for net metering systems which require a different type of connection to the grid.
I have to watch the video again but I'm pretty sure he said it had an inverter built in for both on and off grid purposes. I'm a complete newb when it comes to this though.
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http://www.teslamotors.com/presskit/teslaenergy
Inverter: Pairs with growing list of inverters
Either:
- an off-grid solution is possible with the right inverter and charge controller
or
- there is (or will be) a 48V battery configuration for use with "conventional" off-grid applications
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Interesting analysis:
http://gizmodo.com/tesla-battery-economi...1701854536
Note that the grid-price-vs-available-sun graph breaks Hawaii out as a separate datapoint.
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solar city is planning for off grid hawaiian installs spring of 2016. source - scty newz.
