Tesla's Battery Storage Strategy Beyond Electric Cars

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🗓️ 11 December 2014

⏱️ 48 minutes

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As Tesla builds out its Giga factory in Nevada, the company expects that roughly one-quarter of batteries will be used for stationary storage applications beyond automobiles. Tesla is just beginning to expand beyond EVs and move deeper into grid-scale storage, behind-the-meter storage and solar-battery combination systems, potentially making it more than just a boutique automobile producer. “Everywhere we look there's an opportunity for storage,” said Mateo Jaramillo, Tesla’s director of powertrain business development, speaking on this week’s Energy Gang podcast. In this week’s podcast, we’re live at Greentech Media’s Solar Market Insight conference. Tesla’s Jaramillo and California Public Utilities Commissioner Michael Picker join us to discuss the emerging markets for battery storage, including synergies with the solar industry. This podcast is brought to you by SMA, the world's leading solar inverter manufacturer. With more than 850 service experts, 90 service hubs, 30-plus gigawatts installed globally and thousands of commercial and utility projects completed worldwide, SMA is the partner of choice for your PV projects. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by SMA, where capabilities extend beyond the manufacturing of intelligent inverters to the expert care and maintenance of your PV equipment.
0:11.0	With services such as grid emulation, commissioning, extended warranty options, and scalable
0:17.7	plant-wide O&M, SMA is the partner of choice for your PV projects.
0:23.4	Find out more at SMA-America.com.
0:28.3	For the week of December 9th, 2014, this is the Energy Gang from Green Tech Media.
0:38.5	This week we are live from San Diego, California at Green Tech Media's very own U.S. Solar Market Insight Conference.
0:47.0	I am Stephen Lacey, a senior editor with Green Tech Media.
0:50.0	And let's hear it from the solar pros out there.
0:52.0	Give a little bit of energy to the folks back home listening.
1:01.8	We got a couple really good days lined up and of course we're all excited for
1:07.7	NBA Hall of Famer basketball legend Bill Walton to take the stage. He's going to be talking about his love for Solar
1:14.8	with my colleague and our editor-in-chief Eric Westoff.
1:17.9	And as I was planning this show, I thought,
1:20.4	you know, if we're going to have a basketball legend up here talking about solar, maybe we can flip the table and have a bunch of solar and energy folks talk about basketball.
1:30.0	So for the next 45 minutes, I'm going to grill these folks about their basketball knowledge and
1:35.7	Commissioner Picker will start with you. What was the better part of Bill Walton's career when he was with the Portland Trail Blazers or the Boston Celtics?
1:42.3	Well he got arrested sitting in and on when he was with the Portland Trail Blazers or the Boston Celtics.
1:42.6	When he got arrested sitting in on Westwood Boulevard against the Vietnam War.
1:50.0	All right, well we're not going to talk about basketball here.
1:52.0	We don't have any... All right, well, we're not going to talk about basketball here.
1:53.0	The night before the USC game.
1:57.0	We have no Hall of Famer's up here that I know of.
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