Orange County Developer To Install Tesla Batteries In Two Dozen Buildings (computerworld.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @11:00AM from the new-kind-of-power dept.

Lucas123 writes: The Irvine Company, a Newport Beach-based real estate developer that is a dominant landlord in Orange County, plans to install Tesla commercial batteries in two dozen of its buildings around Irvine Spectrum and John Wayne Airport. The project is the first of its kind of that size. The batteries will charge during non-peak hours and distribute power to the buildings during peak hours, a process that's expected to save the developer up to 10% of its energy costs or about $1 million a year.

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Re:Great by Mr+D+from+63 · 2015-10-14 11:14 · Score: 0, Troll

Any why Tesla Batteries? There are other batteries out there (like Alevo) that cost less and are made to handle a greater amount of cycling for this very purpose. This is just a big PR 'look at how wonderful we are' boondoggle.

They'll probably get federal tax money.. that is what really pisses me off. Give my money to some person in need instead.