March 30, 2023
EVERY HOME A GRID:
Massive Tesla solar roof put to work as a "21st Century utility" (Joshua S Hill, 3/30/23, One Step Off the Grid)
Joti Mangat, the chief revenue officer of Hawaii-based solar company Rising Sun Solar, showcased the recently completed roof - made up of 50kW of Tesla's solar glass shingles - on LinkedIn earlier this month.Mangat says the strapping solar roof, backed by no less than six Tesla Powerwalls, will earn the household $US350 a month from the Swell Energy Home Battery Rewards virtual power plant (VPP) in partnership with Hawaiian Electric.As One Step Off The Grid reported here, the California-headquartered Swell Energy last year raised $US120 million to roll out 600MWh of rooftop solar based virtual power plants, including 26,000 battery storage systems at homes and businesses across the US.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 30, 2023 7:12 AM