The Sense home energy monitor lets you understand what every appliance, light, and device in your house has to say. Be informed. Listen to your home. Track energy usage like a grocery receipt: item by item. Know where your money is going. Power is knowledge. Be more efficient than your neighbors. See which appliances use the most energy and how they stack up to other homes. Track watts like footsteps.… Read More
Musk Unveils Solar Roof With Storage and Charger
Tesla Motors Inc. plans to introduce a new combination of solar power, battery storage and electric-vehicle charging systems at an event near San Francisco on Oct. 28. Billionaire Elon Musk, the chairman and the largest shareholder of both Tesla and SolarCity
10 Days of Battery Backup for the Global Electricity Grid
Relying on clean energy means we need a big investment in energy storage – but the numbers are daunting, writes Alan Finkel. My new favourite number is US$5 trillion. It emerged from a back of the envelope calculation. Batteries, such as
Accidental Discovery Allows Batteries to Be Recharged Endlessly
Researchers accidentally discover a way to make batteries last basically forever. Inventors joke about building “a better mousetrap,†but these days, it’s a better battery that everyone actually wants. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have made a breakthrough that could
RV Off-grid Power System Upgrade 12 Volt System
Upgrading My RV Battery Bank and 12 Volt System A LITTLE OF MY RIGS BATTERY HISTORY When we bought our 30 foot Keystone Cougar fifth wheel new it came with one preinstalled deep cycle battery rated at 85 ampere hours.
Watch out, Tesla Power Wall. New batteries coming fast.
(Reuters) – A wing of the U.S. Department of Energy focused on breakthrough technologies may soon give billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s most recent foray into energy storage a run for its money, the unit’s director said. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy,