One Step Off The Grid
Solar, storage and distributed energy news
The Sydney Pfitzner family has received its first full electricity bill since it became the world’s first home to install a Tesla Powerwall battery. And the result is… “not too shabby”!
My assumption was that my rooftop solar system could beat the savings I would get from offsetting my home loan. The Tesla Powerwall would simply ice that cake by increasing self- consumption levels due to power shifting. Here’s how it is turning out.
A Sydney household’s perspective on pairing home battery storage – a 6.4kWh Tesla Powerwall – with a 5kW rooftop solar system. How much solar power is being exported, how much is being imported… and when to bake cake.
