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Electricity from sunlight makes economic sense in Australia, in part because the cost of electricity in that sun-splashed country is sky high. Tesla’s overall plan is to include displays for its rooftop solar products in its stores. The problem is, at the present time, it has an official sales presence only in Sydney and Melbourne. How to get the message out to the country’s 24 million residents, most of whom live hundreds if not thousands of miles away from the nearest Tesla store?

Tesla has created a Tiny House on a trailer that will be towed behind a Model X. The 4,400 lb display showcases Tesla solar panels and its Powerwall residential storage battery. Tesla solar panels are not yet available in the Land Down Under, but will be in the near future.

The Tesla Tiny House has a 6 panel rooftop solar system providing 2 kW of electricity to the Powerwall. As befits Tesla’s image as a company concerned with sustainability, the exterior of the mobile display unit is made from lumber sourced from sustainably grown timber and finished using environmentally friendly preservatives. Inside is a Tesla residential solar power design studio meant to educate consumers about the benefits of making and storing their own electricity.

Tesla plans to take the mobile display to every major city in Australia, but people can contact Tesla and request it make a detour to their town if they live outside a major population center. There’s no guarantee it will visit every sheep station in the Outback — although, Ayers Rock may be a possibility.

Tesla steadfastly refuses to advertise its products the way other enterprises do. It prefers to rely on word of mouth and the tsunami of press coverage that occurs every time Elon Musk takes to Twitter. Last year it outfitted two ultra-modern Airstream travel trailers as Design Studios for its automobiles and let them loose across America. People can also request the company send one of the Airstreams to their home town. Getting the word out and building excitement is something Tesla does better than any other company in the world.

Source: Clean Technica

India’s first attempt to include battery-based storage with utility-scale solar power projects has failed.

Solar Energy Corporation of India recently announced that it had to cancel two solar+storage auctions. SECI believed that tariff bids for these projects could not have matched the bids for normal utility-scale solar power projects.

SECI had announced two tenders for implementing battery storage with solar power projects — the 200-megawatt project at Pavagada solar power park in Karnataka and the 100-megawatt project at Kadapa solar power park in Andhra Pradesh.

Project developers were asked to provide 2.5 megawatt-hours of storage for every 50 megawatts of capacity installed. Both the tenders involved the viability gap funding mode. Participants had to bid for the lowest capital cost support required to set up the projects. SECI was willing to provide a maximum of ₹1 crore per megawatt as support.

In May of this year, project developers placed the lowest-ever bid for a utility-scale power project at ₹2.44/kWh. Power utilities would prefer these new projects rather than slightly older ones whose tariffs are higher than thermal power plants. This was perhaps the reason SECI shelved the tenders as higher tariffs would not have found any takers in the market thus jeopardizing the projects’ future.

Storage-equipped solar power plants are only a part of the overall strategy of the Indian government to integrate large-scale solar and wind energy projects. To safeguard the existing transmission network, a dedicated transmission grid for renewable energy projects is being implemented. Additionally, several states have implemented regulations that require project developers to forecast their power generation to help grid operators schedule power while maintaining supply demand and frequency.

Source: CleanTechnica

Pune, India: India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading alliance on energy storage welcomes Ms. Jacqueline M. DeRosa, Member, Board of Directors, Energy storage Association (ESA http://energystorage.org/ ), USA and Mr. Mark Tinkler, Member, Board of Directors, Energy storage Canada (ESC http://energystoragecanada.org/ ), in its advisory board.

Dr. Satish Agnihotri (a career bureaucrat with Govt. of India) and Mr. Ravi Seethapathy (35+ year career in global Electric Utilities and Power Systems) are current advisors to the IESA.

Mr. C. Robert Pedraza, EVP & Chief Strategy Officer from EnerBlu joins the Leadership Council. Recently EnerBlu joined IESA Leadership Circle (LC) comprising Customized Energy Solutions, AES, EATON, ReGen Powertech and VIONX Energy.

The Indian energy storage market has a huge opportunity in application areas like Diesel replacement for Commercial & Industrial segment, Renewable Energy integration and Grid application. IESA estimates the market to grow to over 70 GW by 2022. In this regard, many global companies are eyeing on Indian market and various Indian Conglomerates are diversifying towards Energy Storage.

Speaking on the development, Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director, IESA, said, “IESA is progressing rapidly to promote energy storage, microgrids & electric vehicles in Indian market. We are delighted to welcome Ms. Jacqueline M. DeRosa and Mr. Mark Tinkler as our advisory members. They bring with them a rich and global experience on energy storage policy developments and I’m sure their leadership credentials and expertise will help IESA to accelerate adoption of energy storage, EVs and microgrids in India. Our mission is to make the energy sector in India more competitive and efficient by creating awareness among various stakeholders. India is anticipated to become one of the best markets for the adoption of energy storage technologies due to several drivers like the fastest growing economy, increasing share of renewable, transmission constraints, need for providing 24*7 quality power and electric mobility mission.”

Jacqueline has over 25 years of experience in the energy industry. She also worked on international energy sector restructuring matters for the USAID, and in project development for an independent power producer.  Jacqueline serves as a Director for ESA, USA and is Vice President, emerging technologies at Customized Energy Solutions.

Mark worked for Ontario Hydro/Ontario Power Generation for 29 years in various technical and management positions. He has offered strategic consulting services to the energy sector regarding emerging energy options and technologies since 2005. Mark currently serves on the Board of Directors of ESC. Mark is also a Senior Consultant with Customized Energy Solutions.

About India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA):

The India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) was launched in 2012 to assess the market potential of Energy Storage Technologies in India, through an active dialogue and subsequent analysis among the various stakeholders to make the Indian industry and power sector aware of the tremendous need for Energy Storage in the very near future. IESA aims to make India a Global Hub for research and manufacturing of advanced energy storage technologies by 2020.

India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) website: http://indiaesa.info/about-iesa