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Tesla and SolarCity switch island of Ta’u to solar-only power

  • 9 years ago (2016-11-23)
  • David Flin
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SolarCity and Tesla have announced that they have rolled out a solar power and battery storage enabled microgrid on the island of Ta’u in American Samoa. It has 1.4 MW of solar generation capacity, and 6 MWh of battery storage from 60 Tesla Powerpacks, and the facility was implemented within one year.
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