Tesla Launches batteries that promise to save money at home – CNET in Spanish

The company launches two teams. Powerwall Powerpack for households and for companies that store solar energy and help you save

Tesla presented its new modules to save energy in their design studio in his California. Tesla

Tesla Motors finally presented rumoradas the two banks with which the company aims to revolutionize the way we consume electricity. The CEO of the company, Elon Musk, announced two solutions that will save energy, whether in the home or business.

In an event developed in the design studio of Tesla in southern California, the company He announced the lithium-ion modules which can store electricity from your supplier or from solar panels on the roof of the buildings, and that will balance network loads, making the stored energy is used in peak hours When cooking, watching TV or turn on the computer is more expensive than in the rest of the day.

For homes
users can acquire powerwall, Tesla sold in modules 7 and 10 kilowatt hours. US the purchase price for certified installers will be around US $ 3,000 for the smallest to $ 3,500 for the largest energy package.

For companies and industrial applications Tesla offers Powerpack, to be sold in larger modules, 100 kilowatt-hour, and will be priced at US $ 25,000 each. Musk said his company would work directly in the plant with corporate clients. These two new product lines will be framed in a new division of the company called Tesla Energy.

The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, has the powerwall and Powerpack batteries. Tom Allison / CNET

During the presentation Musk explained that these modules allow for a Blackout users can have electricity, but also they can practice a ‘arbitration power “, ie, they can acquire at lower prices during the hours of lower price and use it at times of higher rates.

Musk said that in households that already have installed solar panels work much better powerwall solution because it can store excess energy collected by solar panels and make use of it in the evening hours. The executive said houses with solar panels and one of these modules installed will be “independent” network, or as he likes to call them, are “micro-networks”.

According to Musk, the prices of products Tesla are lower than those of its competition. He also assured that powerwall is a “beautiful and easy to install in your garage or house” module.

The powerwall modules for home come in two forms:. 7 to 10 kilowatt hours Tom Allison / CNET

The idea of ​​energy saving systems for homes is not new. Companies like Egen, and Enphase Alevo longer have time to work on this in the US In 2012 the energy storage industry alone was valued at US $ 200 million, but according to forecasts of the research firm IHS Cambridge Energy in 2017 will reach US $ 19.000 million.

Tesla did not say when these systems reach Latin America, Spain or the rest of the world. The company itself said that is already taking orders for powerwall units, whose limited production at the end of the year, while large scale will begin in 2016, with the installation of a new factory.

If you want a module energy saving Tesla for your home , you must contact a certified installer who can sell you a unit powerwall, Musk said.