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Originally Posted by FormerIowaGuy
I keep hearing solar batteries for cars are improving rapidly. I was wondering if this improvement is also happening with solar panels for houses?
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In the case of Tesla, yes, since Tesla also has a company selling solar panel roofing tiles (looks like tiles, not panels) They also sell a power bank of batteries for your home that are charged by the solar tiles during the day and runs the house on cloudy days and nights. Those batteries are benefiting from Teslas' advancement of battery technology.
They also are implementing massive battery farms to level load power grids, one of the first in Australia (This is NOT solar-powered, but is a massive battery farm.)
"By the end of 2018, it was estimated that the Power Reserve had saved A$40 million in costs, mostly in eliminating the need for a fuel-powered 35 MW Frequency Control Ancillary Service.[39] In 2019, grid costs were reduced by $116 million due to the operation of HPR.[40] Almost all of the savings delivered by the Hornsdale battery came from its role in the frequency and ancillary control markets, where HPR put downward pressure on total prices."
Hornsdale Power Reserve - Wikipedia