Tesla Plans To Power Its Gigafactory With Renewables Alone

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 8, 2014 @04:25AM from the saving-energy dept.

AmiMoJo writes In his press conference, Elon Musk stated that the factory will produce all of its own energy using a combination of solar, wind, and geothermal. Engineering.com looks at the feasibility of the plans. Spoiler alert: it looks possible, though some storage will be required. Fortunately, if there is one thing the Gigafactory won't be short of it's batteries. From the article: "The numbers don’t lie. The site could realistically produce more than 2900 MWh of renewable electricity each day ... 20% more than it needs. These are conservative estimates on production and worst-case estimates on consumption, and it’s clear that there’s enough renewable energy to run the plant with some to spare."

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That's odd... by Black+Parrot · 2014-09-08 04:36 · Score: 3, Funny

I figured they would power it with hype on Slashdot.

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Re:Musk worship by Ol+Biscuitbarrel · 2014-09-08 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny

I am not for the tax breaks but the state of Arizona should come out ahead even after them.
The factory will be in Nevada, you're getting your arid wastelands mixed up. Arizona = massive chasms/cacti, Nevada = slot machines/nuke tests.