Musk talks about photovoltaic energy storage

Would Elon Musk want solar panels?

Musk laid out his vision for renewable energy that relies on storing power from the sun via solar panels — Musk would probably prefer the solar panels are made by Tesla — to fill the enormous demand for energy in the areas of transportation, electricity, and heating. Currently, about 10 percent of energy in the U.S. is renewable.

Is Elon Musk a solar salesman?

In a recent internal email to Tesla employees, Musk outlined two critical year-end priorities: delivering all cars to their customers and boosting the rate of solar deployments by a significant degree. Skeptics point to a variety of other reasons why Musk may be in solar- and energy-business salesman mode, beyond the Model 3 inflection point.

Will Tesla focus more on solar?

With Tesla making progress on Model 3 production efficiency, Musk said on the most recent earnings call there will be more focus on solar and the broader Tesla Energy business, which includes aligning intermittent solar power with battery storage.

Will Tesla's Solar business grow faster than its electric vehicle business?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently said the company’s solar and energy storage business will grow faster than its electric vehicle business.

How scalable is solar power?

Musk’s calculations reveal the immense scalability of solar power: ・The Earth receives around 173,000 terawatts of solar energy continuously, over 10,000 times the total global energy consumption. Even harnessing a small fraction could meet humanity’s energy needs.

Does Tesla have energy storage?

A little under 25% of project awards it recently announced included energy storage. Tesla is building massive “gigafactories” to produce lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and Tesla Energy’s storage solutions business, including its newest Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, China.