Tesla’s solar and battery project in Hawaii: we do the math

Tesla Kauai solar-energy generation and storage project  [photo: Tesla]Tesla’s summer announcement of the world’s biggest battery-storage system in South Australia characteristically kept key details confidential. Fortunately, while mystery and mystique still shroud that project, more can be unearthed or inferred for Tesla's solar panel and battery energy-storage deployment in Kauai, Hawaii, which came...

Hawaii to get hydrogen fueling station; Toyota Mirai leases to follow

2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car, Newport Beach, CA, Nov 2014Tropical islands are some of the best places on earth to pioneer carbon-free energy and zero-emission vehicles. Within the United States, the eight islands of Hawaii are blessed with a temperate climate, abundant sunshine, few high-speed highways, and a statewide speed limit of 60 mph, achievable only on a few roads. This has led to a push for...

Tesla’s battery farm on Kauai opens, large-scale solar energy for Hawaii

Solar Panels by Flickr user Chandra MarsonoEven before Elon Musk engineered Tesla's acquisition of SolarCity, the two companies were collaborating. SolarCity was already controlled by Musk, who believes its solar-energy business can be reinforced and complemented by Tesla's energy-storage business. Last year, Tesla announced a joint project with SolarCity to install a large battery farm...