By Jon LeSage The Hawaiian island of Kauai has contracted with Tesla’s SolarCity and Solar Energy subsidiaries to solve the problems of limited sunlight and dependency on fossil fuels.
Tesla created a 13 megawatt “solar farm” to generate electricity onto solar panels. That power is stored in a 52 MWh Tesla Powerpack setup. This provides a power source that can collect energy during the day and deliver it to the power grid during evening hours. That clean power will take away the island’s need for fossil fuels to meet energy demand.
Tesla says that this solar project represents the first time a public utility contracted
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