Powerwall

Tesla announced the launch of Powerwall, its home battery pack, in Spain – the latest market to get Tesla Energy. Even though Tesla launched Powerwall almost a decade ago, the automaker has yet to expand it to all its markets. The demand was so high for the home battery pack that Tesla had to focus its limited production capacity on its home market, the US, and markets where it would make the biggest difference due to high electricity rates, like Australia. But we noted that Tesla has…

Tesla announces a successful step in a pilot project to deploy Powerwalls with German electric company Transnet BW to stabilize the grid and take better advantage of the country’s strong solar power. Over the last few years, we have seen virtual power plant projects become increasingly popular thanks to the advent of distributed energy assets like rooftop solar and home battery packs. Tesla has been leading on that front with its Powerwall, which is becoming one of the most popular home…

Tesla is expecting its Powerwall to become an even bigger difference maker for homeowners with solar in California following a net metering change. California changed its net metering rules starting this week. The new Net Billing Tariff (NBT), sometimes referred to as NEM 3.0, is now the new solar billing policy, and it basically results in removing the model of getting credited for sending energy back into the grid at the import price. Instead, now solar power system owners are getting…

On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the leaked Tesla Model 3 refresh, the upcoming Powerwall 3, new EPA rules, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel – except for this week, we are doing it on a Thursday due to a scheduling conflict. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live…

Tesla is preparing to launch Powerwall 3, the third generation of its home battery pack, according to information obtained by Electrek. In 2015, when launching its Tesla Energy division, Tesla launched the first generation of the Powerwall, and it quickly became by far the most popular home battery pack in the residential market. Shortly after, Tesla launched Powerwall 2, a new version of the residential battery pack with more energy and power capacity. It also features a sleeker and…

Tesla has decided to open direct Powerwall orders again after previously only making the popular home battery pack available with a solar power system. Home battery packs have greatly gained in popularity in recent years. People have been looking for more energy security to counter power outages and to make better use of renewable energy, like rooftop solar. Home battery packs provide that. Tesla Powerwall is by far the most popular home battery pack system and its popularity has led to a…

Tesla Powerwall owners in the California virtual power plant report making up to $500 in the first year of the new program despite launching only in the summer. It looks like it could be a real way to lower the cost of owning home energy storage. A virtual power plant (VPP) consists of distributed energy storage systems – like Tesla Powerwalls – used in concert to provide grid services and avoid the use of polluting and expensive peaker power plants. In 2021, Tesla launched a VPP pilot…

Tesla launched a new power utility provider service in Texas this week that lets select locals with home Powerwall backup batteries sell excess energy back to the grid. To qualify, residents must live in areas that allow for retail choice — Tesla’s site mentions the Dallas and Houston metro areas specifically — and, for now, will need to wait for an invitation to join through the Tesla app.Those who join the new Tesla Electric service will become part of an automated system that sells energy from owners’ Powerwalls to the…

Tesla Powerwall was powering 44,000 homes in Puerto Rico during the latest island-wide grid outage due to a hurricane. The number of Powerwalls on the island is much higher than expected. In 2017, Puerto Rico’s power grid was badly destroyed by a strong hurricane. At the time, Tesla had somewhat recently launched its energy division and its Powerwall home battery pack. The company saw an opportunity to help the region and showcase its new product. Tesla focused its then limited Powerwall production on supplying…

Tesla has changed requirements for new solar roof projects – they now all require at least one Powerwall per project. For years now, Elon Musk has been saying that he believes Tesla’s energy business could grow as large as its automotive business. This is hard to believe right now, considering Tesla’s auto business brought in $14.6 billion in revenue last quarter while its energy division brought in $866 million – that said, over the last year, we have seen Tesla focusing greatly on the energy side of the…