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Feb 4, 2018
Tesla is installing Powerwalls and solar power on 50,000 homes to create biggest virtual power plant in the world
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, habitats, sustainability
Tesla has been making big moves on the energy storage market in Australia, but they are now all being dwarfed by this new project that will see them install solar arrays and Powerwalls on 50,000 homes to create the biggest virtual power plant in the world. The company’s main project has been the 100MW/ 129MWh Powerpack project in South Australia, the largest in the world for now. But now instead of being a large centralized battery system using Tesla’s Powerpacks, the new project announced today is using Tesla’s residential battery system, the Powerwall, to create decentralized energy stora…
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Feb 3, 2018
India’s farmed chickens dosed with world’s strongest antibiotics, study finds
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: biotech/medical, food, health, sustainability
Warning over wider global health impacts after findings reveal hundreds of tonnes of colistin – the ‘antibiotic of last resort’ – are being shipped to India’s farms.
Thu 1 Feb 2018 05.50 EST Last modified on Thu 1 Feb 2018 11.20 EST.
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Feb 2, 2018
Caltech and Grumman partner on Space Based Solar Power Initiative
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: solar power, space travel, sustainability
SSPI approach: • Enabling technologies developed at Caltech • Ultra-light deployable space structures • High efficiency ultra-light photovoltaic (PV) • Phased Array and Power Transmission • Integration of concentrating PV, radiators, MW power conversion and antennas in single cell unit • Localized electronics and control for system robustness, electronic beam steering • Identical spacecraft flying in formation • Target is specific power over 2000 Watts per kilogram. This would cost competitive with ground-based power.
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Jan 31, 2018
Solar Powered Plane
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: space, sustainability, transportation
Jan 31, 2018
Tesla Charges Ahead With Electric Truck and New Roadster
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
Elon Musk just pulled off a Steve Jobs-ian “one more thing” surprise. https://bloom.bg/2zaIMum
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Jan 30, 2018
An electric Harley-Davidson is coming in 2019
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: sustainability, transportation
Jan 29, 2018
Why Elon Musk is selling flamethrowers
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
Jan 29, 2018
Owning An Electric Car Is Twice As Cheap As Owning A Gas Vehicle
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: sustainability, transportation
Jan 27, 2018
Tesla Powerwalls will power 50 homes in a community, ‘it’s like putting around $50,000 in your pocket’, says contractor
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, habitats, sustainability
Home builders are starting to see the advantage of incorporating solar and energy storage products directly as part of their offerings. One home builder in Australia decided to make solar arrays and Tesla Powerwalls standard in 50 “knockdown rebuild homes” and claims that ‘it’s like putting around $50,000 in your pocket’. Earlier this week, we reported on how Tesla’s giant Powerpack system in Australia made around $1 million in just a few days through the country’s wholesale electricity market. Homeowners can do the same on a smaller scale if they have a home solar array and a Powerwall, Te…
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