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Tesla-SolarCity Swoops In On Nascent Island Microgrid Market

Published on January 12, 2017 December 26, 2016 by Andrew Burger

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Islands have been considered prime candidates for renewable energy microgrids from market inception. To date, solar-storage and other types of distributed, hybrid systems have been... Read more →

A Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrid at a South Pacific Resort Collects SEANZ Award For PowerSmart

Published on January 12, 2017 December 21, 2016 by Andrew Burger

An off-grid 'solar-plus-storage' mini-grid at Six Senses, Fiji has garnered Power Smart the 'Best Solar PV Off-Grid Implementation' at the Sustainable Electricity Association of New Zealand (SEANZ)... Read more →

Postcard From the Future? Ta’u Island Ditches Diesel With Tesla-SolarCity Microgrid

Published on January 12, 2017 November 26, 2016 by Microgrid News

In ‘Before The Flood,’ Elon Musk tells Leonardo DiCaprio that just 100 Gigafactories would be enough to move the entire …

Tabuchi America Joins Electric & Gas Industries Association to Launch ¨Solar Plus Storage¨ Loan Program

Published on January 12, 2017 September 13, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Selling homeowners on the idea of installing battery-based energy storage systems (BESS) wasn't high up on the agenda for company executives aiming to gain an... Read more →

SolarCity and Tesla Package First Solar-Storage PPA To Deliver Solar Energy On Demand in Kaua’i

Published on January 12, 2017 February 22, 2016 by Andrew Burger

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Solar energy, which is increasingly the cheapest source of electricity is now addressing its' Achilles heel by combining batteries that can discharge on demand. SolarCity and Tesla... Read more →

Florida, Nevada Pull the Plug on Solar Energy

Published on February 13, 2016 February 11, 2016 by Andrew Burger

Political debates revolving around solar energy continue to spark and ignite fierce debates across the U.S., highlighting the high degree of flux in state power... Read more →