Tesla Powerwall in Australia: Electricity bill dives from $660 to $50

[elektra]

10K would get you three Powerwalls for total of 30 kw/hrs. Then one would have to buy the inverter.

Not at the price established as fact in this thread, that Old Crock agreed with, from the link that established this thread;

When installation of the $13,950 Tesla Powerwall was announced, many questioned if the savings would be worth the initial investment.

3 Powerwalls? The system Old Crock proposed can not keep one Powerwall charged let alone 3?

 

[westwall]

Grid tie Solar Power Systems for your home - Grid-tie Home Solar Panel Systems

One can find a whole system here, 6 kw+, for under 10K. That is less than the price of a used car.

Okay, lets forget that the price of just a Tesla PowerWall is much more than $10k, according to the thread in which Old Crock agrees with, it is not necessary to continue to try and show the moron he is grossly wrong. That said.....

Most houses need 22 kwh, the system Old Crock uses is 4 times to small!

10K would get you three Powerwalls for total of 30 kw/hrs. Then one would have to buy the inverter.

The power wall STORES the energy. It doesn't generate it. I was just playing around on the Tesla website and the new Powerwall 2 is now for sale. It turns out to run my home I would need FIVE of them. And that would provide power for the house for ONE DAY.




Tesla Powerwall

 

[Old Rocks]

So, Mr. Westwall, you use 50 kw/hrs a day? That must be some home. That being the case, there are units measured in 100 kw/hrs for sale. And there are also large solar arrays available. With a home that big, you should be able to afford that.

 

[WheelieAddict]

Grid tie Solar Power Systems for your home - Grid-tie Home Solar Panel Systems

One can find a whole system here, 6 kw+, for under 10K. That is less than the price of a used car.

Okay, lets forget that the price of just a Tesla PowerWall is much more than $10k, according to the thread in which Old Crock agrees with, it is not necessary to continue to try and show the moron he is grossly wrong. That said.....

Most houses need 22 kwh, the system Old Crock uses is 4 times to small!

10K would get you three Powerwalls for total of 30 kw/hrs. Then one would have to buy the inverter.

The power wall STORES the energy. It doesn't generate it. I was just playing around on the Tesla website and the new Powerwall 2 is now for sale. It turns out to run my home I would need FIVE of them. And that would provide power for the house for ONE DAY.




Tesla Powerwall

Solar will continue growing expanding it's importance as part of our energy infrastructure.

 

[elektra]

Solar will continue growing expanding it's importance as part of our energy infrastructure.

It has not yet, there is no indication that it will in the future.

 

[Old Rocks]

U.S. solar power grew by 6.2 gigawatts in 2014, a 30 percent increase over the previous year and representing nearly $18 billion in new investment, according to data released this morning by the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research.

The new power systems, comprising tens of thousands of photovoltaic (PV) arrays for homes, schools, businesses and utilities, as well as a handful of large concentrated solar power facilities in places like the Mojave Desert, raised the United States' profile as one of the world's leading adopters of solar power, officials said.

Solar Power Sees Unprecedented Boom in U.S.

And a 1.2 gw installation in Austin, Texas will be coming online soon.

 

[Old Rocks]

US Solar Market Set to Grow 119% in 2016, Installations to Reach 16 GW

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
BOSTON, MASS. and WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. solar market is set to grow a staggering 119 percent this year says GTM Research in its latest U.S. Solar Market Insight Report 2015 Year in Review, published in conjunction with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

Led by the utility-scale segment, GTM Research forecasts 16 gigawatts (GW) of solar will be installed in the U.S. in 2016, more than doubling the record-breaking 7.3 GW installed in 2015.

While utility-scale installations will represent 74 percent of the installations for the year, the residential and commercial markets will also experience strong growth in 2016. In fact, the U.S. is on the verge of the 1 millionth solar installation milestone.

US Solar Market Set to Grow 119% in 2016, Installations to Reach 16 GW

As solar use increases, both home and utility scale installations, and the grid scale batteries, as well as the home batteries, the price of all these devices will decrease. And their installlation rates will increase.

 

[Old Rocks]

As can be seen from the chart at the left (updated in June, 2016) the solar industry has seen remarkable growth. The red bars represent the "annual" amount of PV solar systems installed by manufacturers in giga-watts (1 GW = 1 billion watts). For reference purposes, one nuclear reactor produces about 1.3 GW of electricity per year.

The data for 2012 and 2013 is from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). The data for 2014 and 2015 is from Mercom Capital. The forecast for 2016 is from the author.

The 5 year average growth rate from 2012 (30.1 GW) to 2016 (68.0 GW) is about 22% per year - a nice growth rate.The growth in 2013 was 28% and 2014 was 17%, which averages out to be 22.5% for the two years (very close to the 5 year average). The growth in 2015 was also 28% and and 2016 is projected to be 18% (slowing down somewhat as the numbers begin to get quite large). The 2013 and 2015 growth spurts of 28% were mainly due to increases in China, Japan and the US which have continued through out this period.

Solar Markets Around The World

Solar doing very well around the world

 

[elektra]

As can be seen from the chart at the left (updated in June, 2016) the solar industry has seen remarkable growth. The red bars represent the "annual" amount of PV solar systems installed by manufacturers in giga-watts (1 GW = 1 billion watts). For reference purposes, one nuclear reactor produces about 1.3 GW of electricity per year.

The data for 2012 and 2013 is from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). The data for 2014 and 2015 is from Mercom Capital. The forecast for 2016 is from the author.

The 5 year average growth rate from 2012 (30.1 GW) to 2016 (68.0 GW) is about 22% per year - a nice growth rate.The growth in 2013 was 28% and 2014 was 17%, which averages out to be 22.5% for the two years (very close to the 5 year average). The growth in 2015 was also 28% and and 2016 is projected to be 18% (slowing down somewhat as the numbers begin to get quite large). The 2013 and 2015 growth spurts of 28% were mainly due to increases in China, Japan and the US which have continued through out this period.

Solar Markets Around The World

Solar doing very well around the world

Yep, they are going to spend $44 trillion and have nothing to show for it. Included in those figures is Ivanpah, yep, the World's Largest Solar Failure still counts. That ought to tell everyone they need to know. A failed Solar Plant still counts! It is all lies, Solar does not work, it provides a trickle of energy for trillions of dollars.

 

[Old Rocks]

Dear little Ms. Elektra, Ivanpah is not PV solar. And PV solar has the advantage of being nearly maintenance free.

 

[elektra]

Dear little Ms. Elektra, Ivanpah is not PV solar. And PV solar has the advantage of being nearly maintenance free.

It is still included in the figure, how come