Tesla’s New Battery: Is the Market Ready?

Energy Gang

Wood Mackenzie

Tech News, Environment, Sustainability, Innovation, Renewable Energy, Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, News, Cleantech, Wind Energy, Business, Climate Change, Solar Energy

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2015

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tesla’s new storage unit has everyone talking about distributed batteries. But is the U.S. market ready for them? This week, we’ll talk about what needs to happen on a regulatory level to take distributed storage beyond limited applications. Sky Stanfield, an attorney representing the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, joins us to chat about proactive approaches to storage integration. We’ll also look at a new bill proposed in Congress that would implement best practices on battery and solar interconnection nationwide. Then, we’ll look more specifically at the cost, applications and reaction to Tesla’s new battery. We’ll end with a discussion on whether fracking wastewater can be economically used as a geothermal resource. This podcast is sponsored by ReneSola, a Tier 1 solar cell and module manufacturer with a decade of experience in the cleantech industry. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussions 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.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Energy Gang is brought to you by Rennisola, a tier one solar cell and module manufacturer with a decade of experience in the clean tech industry.
0:08.0	Rennisola is your complete procurement provider of clean energy solutions.
0:12.0	The company is now offering a bundled
0:14.2	solution for residential installers looking to reduce procurement costs and drive down the
0:18.6	cost of projects. To find your local representative, go over to Wrena Sola. US or give them a call at
0:25.9	415 5702647. For the week of May 7th, 2015, this is the Energy Gang from Green Tech Media. Yeah. editor with Green Tech Media, usually in Washington, D.C., but coming to you this week from
0:54.2	Fort Myers, Florida.
0:56.0	Welcome to the show.
0:57.4	Tesla's big storage announcement last week had everyone hyped up about batteries, but is the market ready for them?
1:04.4	We'll talk about what needs to happen on a regulatory level to take distributed storage beyond
1:08.6	the hype here in the U.S.
1:11.2	Then we'll look more specifically at Tesla's new battery, the costs, the applications, and the partnerships,
1:16.0	and we'll end with a discussion of fracking wastewater. Can it become a resource for producing energy rather than just an expensive byproduct.
1:24.0	That is all coming up, but first let me say hello to my co-host,
1:27.0	Catherine Hamilton and Jigger Shaw.
1:28.9	Catherine is a partner with 38 North Solutions based in Washington, D.C.
1:32.8	She is our resident policy experts and baseball experts.
1:36.8	Catherine, how are you?
1:38.3	I'm doing great.
1:39.3	You're missing some beautiful weather up here in the nation's capital.
1:42.4	Well, I'm in Florida, so the weather is always beautiful.
1:45.2	The sunshine state, but I don't see a solar rooftop anywhere.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wood Mackenzie, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wood Mackenzie and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.