Say Goodbye to Ugly Solar Panels as Tesla Debuts its Powerwall 2 and Solar Roof Tiles
Tesla is changing the way you power your houses and automobiles and working on the right path towards renewable energy.
Elon Musk and Lyndon Rive - the CEO of solar city unveiled the power wall 2, power pack 2 and solar roofs on Friday night. They claim it to be equipped with greater design improvements such as long lasting power generation, better insulation, lower cost of installation and lower cost for generation of electricity.
Tesla’s long-term vision - as Elon says “is to bring about sustainable Energy“ and wants to bring about change just as Tesla brought to the electric car revolution. They believe that the simple solution would be to look at the aesthetics of the sustainable solutions, the efficiency and how transportation can adapt themselves to these innovations. Tesla also seeks to merge with the utility power generation farms and pump up the renewable local power generation in the coming years.
Tesla in collaboration with Solar City would like to introduce a Net-zero Energy homes which can power themselves and also power the cars with a renewable, and free solar energy.
Tesla unveiled 3 products during the Announcement:
Powerwall 2 – A battery pack for single family homes that harnesses sun energy and utilizes the energy during the night time for powering the house and the car. Powerwall 2 is an improvement over its predecessor and can now store 14KWh of energy and 70KW power output and combined with solar roofs, it can generate energy infinitely.
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Power pack 2 – For commercial utility purposes and can be scaled limitlessly. Energy storage of up to 210 kWh and 50 KW output and, power pack 2 can be a game changer in the industrial sector.
Solar roof Tiles - A solar roof system which can be seamlessly integrated into the exterior facade of a building. Tesla has definitely taken a big leap by considering the aesthetics of solar roof panels and moving away from those dark and ugly solar panel setups. Tesla has currently announced in four styles of solar roof tiles:·
Tuscan Glass slate
Slate Glass tile
Textured Glass tile
Smooth Glass tile
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These designs are easily integrated and efficient at the same time and the solar cells are invisible from a street side view.
While these are great steps towards renewable energy sources, and would definitely want to adapt them, I believe that a few more legislation laws passed on the usage of renewable energy and tax rebates for Net Zero Energy homes and industries could really push renewable solar power generation to the next level.
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