Tag: Tesla

  • Solar energy storage product roundup 2016

    Residential 1. Enphase Energy Enphase offers an AC plug-and-play system based on a lithium iron phosphate battery from Eliiy Power, with a 10-year warranty on two cycles per day. The battery offers greater than 95 percent depth of discharge. In October, the microinverter maker began offering its Home Energy Solution,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Primer for buying, installing residential solar+storage systems

    Energy storage has emerged as a technology that helps make solar power a winning choice for homeowners, and the rapid evolution of battery chemistries, storage management software and other combining technologies will help drive down cost and drive up value. Where to start at selecting a storage solution can seemRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Q&A with SolarEdge about new StorEdge storage system

    Earlier this year, SolarEdge Technologies dropped its StorEdge solution for international distribution after completing a number of installs toward the end of 2015. With energy storage becoming more and more important, we reached out to Lior Handelsman, VP of marketing and product strategy at SolarEdge, to learn a little bitRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SolarCity readies solar+storage system for Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative

    SolarCity is going to install a first-of-its-kind solar array and energy storage system for Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). And you’re not going to believe this, but the Elon Musk company has selected Tesla Energy to supply the batteries. SolarCity says it made the selection after conducting a comprehensive competitiveRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Watch the Intersolar opening ceremony featuring Tesla keynote speaker #Intersolar

    Intersolar opened with a bang. Hundreds of visitors crowded into the InterContinental Grand Ballroom to kick-off an exciting week at Intersolar North America 2015. The opening ceremony featured a top-notch lineup of speakers, including Tesla’s co-founder and CTO JB Straubel, Fraunhofer Institute director Eicke Weber, California Solar Energy Industries AssociationRead More — Solar Builder magazine