November 22, 2016 07:58 pm GMT
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Tesla is powering an entire island with solar energy, NBD
Word on the street is Tesla has some serious solar power skills.
In case you weren't 100 percent convinced, the energy storage company is working to provide the entire island of Ta’u in American Samoa with energy.
An entire island. No big deal, right?
After Tesla's $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity was approved by its shareholders on Thursday, the company announced its major solar energy project: SolarCity and Tesla: Tau Microgrid.
According to a SolarCity blog post — smoothly titled, "Island in the Sun" — the remote island has had quite the struggle in regards to power rationing and outages. Now, thanks to Tesla's cost-saving solar panel technology, things are changing. Read more...
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