Car maker Tesla has announced plans to start production of large batteries that can be used to store electricity in homes and businesses.
It has launched two versions of the wall.
The battery pack was installed and expressed the desire to start shipping and installation of these devices by summer.
BBC News has investigated the announcement and its impact.
The same technology that powers Tesla cars, a lithium-ion battery, will also be used for large battery packs that it is about to start manufacturing.
The first people to buy the battery pack are most likely the ones who already own the Tesla car and are looking for a cheaper way to charge it.
In many places, charging car batteries with solar energy is much cheaper than powering the grid.
In addition to this, the battery pack can prove useful to those eager to cut electricity bills by generating some power from the sun.
Others may use them to store the purchased energy at a cheap time so they can avoid paying higher feespriced power.
Tesla also plans to sell its batteries to utilities as a way for them to store their electricity when demand is low. Not exactly.
These cars charge faster than domestic cars. Lithium-
Ion technology is very mature and used in most devices with rechargeable batteries.
Other electric vehicles also use them to store electricity.
One of the bottlenecks that used to hinder the wide application of lithium --
Ion batteries have been lacking in factories that make them.
Tesla hopes to solve the problem by building what it calls a "Gigabit factory", which will be completed in 2020 and will become the largest building in the world.
Tesla said the construction of the plant will help reduce the cost of technology. Yes. Cost.
The Tesla offer does not include the installation of the device.
In addition, the cost of installing solar panels to collect energy needs to be increased.
The combination of solar panels and batteries may take several years to pay.
Tesla claims that its battery could be useful in the disaster of a few days of power failure. However, well-
Mature generator technology powered by gasoline or diesel may be cheaper than lithium
Ion batteries for a period of time.
Still, Tesla is struggling to remove a big hurdle, which is to enable business partners to deliver and install the technology at home. No.
Many other companies and countries are eager to find ways to generate electricity using renewable energy.
Sometimes this is because the electricity provided by the wind, water and the sun can fluctuate --
A reliable store will help eliminate peaks and lows.
Also, when people need electricity the most, some renewable energy sources, such as solar energy, are gone --at night.
Again, storing electricity will help solve this problem.
There is also a growing interest in home storage of electricity, because in many countries, established generators are drastically cutting rates paid to customers, these customers provide them with electricity from solar panels installed on the roofs of their homes.
There are a few small ones in England-
The scale trials involve hundreds of families based on systems that store electricity generated by the sun. That's what Tesla thinks.
However, there may be many reasons why people do not have power in such a place.
It is not clear whether relatively expensive systems like Tesla will work properly in these places.
In addition, many NGOs and green innovation companies are looking to bring cheaper and more robust power generation systems to developing countries.
It is clear that, despite the abundant supply of solar energy in these places, they lack infrastructure and local expertise, which may make the Tesla initiative a success in the United States.