Solarcity New Zealand selected as Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer
21 September 2017 - New Zealand's leading solar energy service company, solarcity, is pleased to announce it has been
selected as a Tesla Powerwall Certified Installer.
Tesla Powerwall will be integrated into the company's solarZero energy service nationally over the coming weeks
following the successful commissioning of its first Powerwall 2, solarZero system in August.
New Zealand will be among the first countries globally to receive Powerwall 2 batteries. solarcity CEO Andrew Booth says
this is due to New Zealand's high electricity prices, abundant sunlight and opportunities for homeowners to take
advantage of time of use and demand response revenue.
"We are delighted to have been selected to provide Tesla Powerwall home battery solutions across New Zealand. By
offering rooftop solar with home batteries, solarcity is able to provide households with the majority of their energy
requirements and deliver greater control over their energy use than ever before."
solarcity supplies solar and battery systems to qualifying homes without charging any capital costs. Instead, homeowners
simply pay a fixed monthly fee for the solarZero energy service. Gary Holden, the CEO of Pulse Energy, is a long
standing solarZero customer and was the first to install a Powerwall 2 battery as part of his energy service.
"Combining solar and Tesla batteries is a brilliant way to contribute to reducing network demand during peak periods and
obtain the highest value for solar energy," he says.
"There is no other way to take New Zealand to 100% renewable and reduce the long term cost of the network at the same
time. Tesla technology is compact, easy to install and, for most New Zealand homes, will store days' worth of power.
Over the next 20 years we definitely pay less than grid power on its own."
solarcity owns and manages the technology and guarantees production levels for 20 years. Its batteries, which the
company owns and operates, can be fully integrated into Transpower's demand response network to ensure they add
resilience to the national grid.
The announcement continues solarcity's leadership as an integrator of residential battery solutions in New Zealand
across the full spectrum of Kiwi home sizes.
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