https://electrek.co/2017/08/17/tesla-powerpack-taiwan-blackout/

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Taiwan’s Minister of Science and Technology Chen Liang-gee told reporters at his office in Taipei today (via Nikkei):

“Tesla is using its lithium ion battery technology to help Australia and California to implement smart grid and grid storage, and we can learn from them in the future. We will try to check out whether there is a suitable solution…we will get in touch with them.”

He added that they plan on sending a team of government officials to the U.S. to talk with Tesla soon.

They also could use the energy storage capacity to ease their transition to renewable energy. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s energy plan includes entirely replacing nuclear power with green energy by 2025. A combination of solar and wind power with energy storage will be needed to make it happen.


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https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-ge-home-depot-solar-farms/


Home Depot announced that it is aligning with Tesla and GE to add solar installations at 50 stores as it pushes forward with its sustainable energy plans. The company said that the installations are “essentially creating mini solar farms out of unused rooftops.”

The initiative will reportedly reduce annual electricity grid demand by around 30 to 35 percent at each Home Depot store. The company wrote that this is “the equivalent of powering 2,300 average U.S. homes for a year.”

The average Home Depot roof is about 104,000 square feet and is slated to accommodate 1,000 panels.

22 stores in New York and California will be outfitted with the solar panels, six of which with Tesla Powerpacks so as to store and dispatch energy as needed. The remaining 28 stores will be powered by GE’s Current. Those stores will be located in New Jersey, Maryland and Washington, D.C.