Alan Stainer

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Powerwall 2 and Solar Roof Launch

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Powerwall 2 and Solar Roof Launch

The Powerwall 2 can store a lot more energy than the original Powerwall. Making it possible to go off grid when combined with solar.

Solar is getting a lot more interesting with the launch of the solar roof. Before watching the video I found it hard to imagine what it would actually look like. Well, I can you you. It looks like a roof. You would be really hard pressed to notice that it is made of glass, with solar cells hidden underneath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sfwDyiPTdU&feature=share

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  3. Agbator Alex says

    Can I get a link to the producer or manufacturer, there is an open opportunity to bring this project to Africa, Nigeria precisely. I have the contact to the Government

  6. Arthur Amendt says

    Last year I made 900 kWh for the month of October, this year I am at 172 kWh 4 times less What a dismal fall here in Alberta. I need quite the storage to make up the difference. $392 / kWh is the best price I have seen.

  10. Jon McNamara says

    Bosko Mistrelovic Agree. I was looking for the same thing. I see my aging slate roof and think ‘why panels? – why couldn’t each ‘shingle’ be an individual solar ’tile’. Did not realize someone had attempted to produce them.

  11. Jason Jones says

    I’m a fan of dome houses for mostly practical reasons. I would love to know the all year potential of these solar roof panels on a dome house in a rural area in the southern half of the US or anyplace within 40° of the equator.

  13. Alan Stainer says

    Virupaksh Managundi & Agbator Alex I deleted your comments with contact details in, as this isn’t an appropriate place to be doing such things. If you do want to exchange such details, it would be far better to do so in a private post you have made yourself, or you can of course use G+ to communicate (again in a separate post rather than sidetracking the current thread) instead of an email address.