{"id":335337,"date":"2017-03-09T04:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/03\/08\/teslas-new-solar-energy-station-will-power-hawaii-at-night\/21|21876438"},"modified":"2017-03-09T04:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:52:00","slug":"teslas-new-solar-energy-station-will-power-hawaii-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/teslas-new-solar-energy-station-will-power-hawaii-at-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla’s new solar energy station will power Hawaii at night"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kapaia project is a combination 13MW SolarCity solar farm and 53MWh Tesla Powerpack station<\/a> on the island of Kauai. In partnership with the KIUC<\/a> (Kauai Island Utility Cooperative) the project will store the sun’s energy during the day and release it at night. The station (along with Kauai’s other renewable resource solutions including wind and biomass) won’t completely keep the island from using fossil fuels but it will temper the need.<\/p>\n

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In addition to using Tesla’s station<\/a> to battle the island’s incredibly high electric bills, it’s also part of a long-term Hawaii-state plan to be completely powered by renewable energy sources by 2045. Kauai has its own goal of using 70 percent renewable energy<\/a> by 2030. With this project the island is getting closer to that goal and can now produce 100 percent of the energy it needs during high usage mid days and low loads via renewables during a brief period of time.<\/p>\n

“This is the first time that solar energy can be delivered very reliably into the night. That’s the key to scaling renewable energies up,” said Tesla CTO, JB Straubel.<\/p>\n