Re:New Record Bid Set for World's Cheapest Solar, Undercutti...
by Brakenshire on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @10:08AM
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FWIW, your article says that the remaining Powerwall is designed exactly for this purpose.
> The larger Powerwall was positioned as a longer-term back up power supply, which GTM noted was looking like a hard sell, with other market alternatives that were priced far below the $3500 price tag.
> The remaining 6.4 kwh device has less capacity, and is designed more to shift the load of available power, such as from a solar panel, to times when the production of such energy is lower.
> The larger Powerwall was positioned as a longer-term back up power supply, which GTM noted was looking like a hard sell, with other market alternatives that were priced far below the $3500 price tag.
> The remaining 6.4 kwh device has less capacity, and is designed more to shift the load of available power, such as from a solar panel, to times when the production of such energy is lower.