Comments on: Batteries Will Do To Energy What Cellphones Did To Telecom: Advanced Microgrid & Tesla – Forbes https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2015/08/26/batteries-will-do-to-energy-what-cellphones-did-to-telecom-advanced-microgrid-tesla-forbes/ All about electronics and circuit design Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2015/08/26/batteries-will-do-to-energy-what-cellphones-did-to-telecom-advanced-microgrid-tesla-forbes/comment-page-1/#comment-1541016 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:57:38 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=33730#comment-1541016 Tesla Teams With Tiny Hawaiian Utility to Store Solar
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/renewables/tesla-teams-with-tiny-hawaiian-utility-to-store-solar

A 33,000-member electric power cooperative on the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian archipelago is emerging as a leader as it moves from fossil-based power generation to renewables, and deploys what ranks as one of the world’s largest arrays of lithium-ion battery packs.

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2015/08/26/batteries-will-do-to-energy-what-cellphones-did-to-telecom-advanced-microgrid-tesla-forbes/comment-page-1/#comment-1540130 Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:56:40 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=33730#comment-1540130 Tesla’s New Solar Energy Station On Kauai Will Power Hawaii At Night
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/17/03/08/2237204/teslas-new-solar-energy-station-on-kauai-will-power-hawaii-at-night?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot%2Fto+%28%28Title%29Slashdot+%28rdf%29%29

The Kapaia project is a combination 13MW SolarCity solar farm and 53MWh Tesla Powerpack station on the island of Kauai. In partnership with the KIUC (Kauai Island Utility Cooperative) the project will store the sun’s energy during the day and release it at night. The station (along with Kauai’s other renewable resource solutions including wind and biomass) won’t completely keep the island from using fossil fuels but it will temper the need. In addition to using Tesla’s station to battle the island’s incredibly high electric bills, it’s also part of a long-term Hawaii-state plan to be completely powered by renewable energy sources by 2045.

Tesla’s new solar energy station will power Hawaii at night
Energy generated during the day will power Kauai when the sun goes down.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/08/teslas-new-solar-energy-station-will-power-hawaii-at-night/

Renewable energy supplies are great because they produce power without filling the air with pollution. Yet, once the sun goes down solar panels become pretty useless. But Tesla and Hawaii have a solution that’ll use the sun’s rays both day and night using Powerpacks built at the Gigafactory.

The Kapaia project is a combination 13MW SolarCity solar farm and 53MWh Tesla Powerpack station on the island of Kauai. In partnership with the KIUC (Kauai Island Utility Cooperative) the project will store the sun’s energy during the day and release it at night. The station (along with Kauai’s other renewable resource solutions including wind and biomass) won’t completely keep the island from using fossil fuels but it will temper the need.

In addition to using Tesla’s station to battle the island’s incredibly high electric bills, it’s also part of a long-term Hawaii-state plan to be completely powered by renewable energy sources by 2045.

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