SolarCity plans to become the largest producer of solar panels in the world

    




In recent times the name Elon musk is increasingly appearing in American news, and it is connected not only with electric cars but the other company – SolarCity. Now SolarCity is building a solar power plant, being the largest specialized organization in North America, thus she does not produce panels. Rather, it was not until 16 June. On this day, SolarCity acquired panel manufacturer Silveo, the purchase cost of 350 million U.S. dollars. Thus, the company SolarCity became the largest manufacturer of solar panels in the world. But plans Mask got bigger — to build more plants, whose performance will be much higher. Elon Musk is confident that in 2040, solar energy will provide at least 40% of the electricity in the world. And it needs to be put into operation at the 400 gigawatts of solar capacity annually.

The plans of the master Mask on the construction of these plants in common with his "gigaparts" batteries. Batteries are needed to increase the popularity of electric cars Tesla. But as previously reported, electric cars stringent requirements on the battery capacity when the battery capacity falls to the level of 75% of the original, it is unsuitable for use in electric cars. But the power plant is used the battery can last several years.

Thus, in a few years, Musk will become the owner of the world's largest factories for the production of solar panels and batteries.



Source: zeleneet.com