- May 1, 2015
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electric generating US-based Tesla Motors has demonstrated a new type of battery that can power homes and businesses.
CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla Motors will produce batteries for storing solar energy, which can be a source of backup power during a power outage.
This device will allow consumers to be disconnected temporarily or permanently from the existing power supply and electrification of remote areas.
The company Tesla plans to begin deliveries of these devices in the United States this summer.
Speaking at the ceremony in Los Angeles, Elon Musk said that the production of new batteries “will change the entire structure of world power”.
“Tesla Energy Initiative is a critical step in the implementation of energy with zero emissions greenhouse gas emissions, “- said in a statement.
Power lithium-ion batteries will be based on the same batteries that are already used by Tesla in the production of its famous electric vehicles.
This technology called Powerwall; the company will sell the system capacity of 7 kW / h in 3000 dollars and a system of 10 kW / h in 3500 dollars. They will be supplied by specialized companies, installers.
In contrast, modern TV consumes 0.1 kW / h, electric dryer – 3.3 kW / h, and a laptop computer – 0.05 kW / h .
The average British family living in a house with three bedrooms, consumes about 3200 kW / h per year.
Elon Musk said his company will cooperate with the installation of new systems by SolarCity , but then a list of installers will be extended.
Musk is the chairman and largest shareholder SolarCity.
Analysis: Richard Taylor, Bi-bi-si, San Francisco
The market of the new generation of rechargeable batteries is growing rapidly and has enormous potential for growth in the rapid development of solar energy in the world.
The company Tesla for several years, makes a very popular, although and expensive electric cars, and has its own achievements in the field of highly productive batteries, so the transition to the sphere of “home power” for the company has direct commercial sense.
This strategy is very risky, since the initial cost of the device It is very high, and profitability is low.
The company is also facing competition in the face of such industrial giants as the American General Electric and South Korean LG Chem, with their huge financial resources. There is also the danger that the technology of lithium batteries will be short-lived, and in a few years will come from the scene under the pressure of other technologies – such as fuel cells.
However, Tesla is clearly willing to take the risk. Its electric professionals receive high marks, but made them very little, and sales figures outside of California are slim. The new plant for the production of batteries cost $ 5 billion is only open in 2017. The company produces only one brand of electric vehicles – Model S – and therefore the diversification of its products will be welcomed by investors.
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According to experts at Deutsche Bank, sales of new stationary energy storage systems can bring to the company Tesla to 4.5 mrld dollars.
Tesla Motors released data on income for the fourth quarter of last year, which was less than projected. The Company incurred a loss of $ 107 million because of problems in the production and delivery of products.
Experts say while her entry into the market of household stationary batteries is promising. The number of solar, wind and other alternative power plants in the world is growing, and the problem of storing energy produced to them remains unresolved.
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