Solar Plus Battery Storage

Mission: Make a Difference

How: By Becoming the First Neighborhood to be Independent of the Grid.  

Disruptive technology, Solar Plus Battery Storage is gaining momentum.

Substantially more efficient Solar panels (46%), a breakthough in battery storage, homes built to the highest insulated standard,  together with the added benifit and comfort from thermal resources, this objective can today be a reality at TravelersRest.

With current household power costs at 30-36cents per Kwt/Hr and destined to continue to rise, ours is a logical stategy. 

Couple that with providing free energy for your EV (electric vehicle) and every household can say goodbye to worrying energy bills. 

Disruptive technology

Beautifully Functional

"Current generation home batteries are bulky, expensive to install and expensive to maintain. In contrast, Powerwall’s lithium ion battery inherits Tesla’s proven automotive battery technology to power your home safely and economically. Completely automated, it installs easily and requires no maintenance."

Eficient solar plus battery storage is now a reality.

Energy Storage for a Sustainable Home

"Powerwall is a home battery that charges using electricity generated from solar panels, or when utility rates are low, and powers your home in the evening. It also fortifies your home against power outages by providing a backup electricity supply. Automated, compact and simple to install, Powerwall offers independence from the utility grid and the security of an emergency backup."

New world record for solar cell efficiency at 46%
French-German cooperation confirms competitive advantage of European photovoltaic industry. Press release

Couple this with disruptive battery innovation and we have a highly efficient solar plus battery storage system.

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Smart, Connected, High Performance, Intelligent Buildings Have JUMPED THE CHASM!

Author: Jim Young, CEO, Realcomm

"For many in the tech industry, Geoffrey Moore’s adoption curve is the go-to graphic for attempting to understand and/or explain the rate at which new ideas are adopted. Moore began with Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations Theory and added the concept of a chasm to the adoption curve.

Rogers believed that any new idea went through five basic steps of human acceptance: 1) Innovators, 2) Early Adopters, 3) Early Majority, 4) Late Majority and 5) Laggards. Moore added the idea that there is a Chasm in the middle of the early adopter stage which must be crossed or jumped in order for an idea to fully take hold". 

The discussion here is centered around such change that disruptive-technologys, such as solarplusbatterystorage brings to the communty and how fast the adopton process takes place.

"Basically, a confluence of events happens at a certain point in time that allows an idea to jump the chasm and become accepted by the mainstream. When applied to this model, every new idea from the first portable computer to cloud computing seems to align with this principle". Read on

Are you an early adopter, jumped "The Chasm" ready to take on the challenge, solar plus battery storage and make a difference?  read on

The political aspirations are not relevant here however the effects of the policy anouncement do have very positive consequences.

1. They add credibility to Solar Energy
2. Solar Energy enters the main stream market
3. Exponential Production
4. Economies of scale resulting in reduced cost
5. Greater Research and Development funding with generational improvement
6. Buildings become stand alone power stations