Went to Tesla store in Tampa, Florida, USA for a meeting of about 30-50 folks talking with 3 Tesla Energy specialists, Sat 7/8/2017.
They are expanding in the Tampa/Orlando Florida area (I think FPL {florida power and light utility})
They have a power wall on display and a generic PV panel. They are using the nice 325w panels that look esthetically quite pleasing.
(I'm 120 miles ~200km south and a different utility, so need to work)
It's located in a high end mall and there were probably a few hundred people who wandered through the store in the 2 hours, some looking at cars, some at energy products.
I asked about aggregating the inverters into VPP's (virtual power plants) and how soon, a generic probably 5 years or so
I commented that Ta'u in Samoa micro grid is on an island, that Kaua'i is a bigger island and the continental US and Africa are just "bigger islands" and got a generic, yes you are right, but no denial or confirmation.
They are focused on expanding Tesla Energy in Central and western Florida (the sunshine state) rapidly and professionally
i'm thinking about holding TSLA stock for at least 30 years and slowly DCA'ing more
(Dammit, if i had bought AAPL when i was told to about 31 years ago, it would be worth >$8,000/share presplitz, or i would have 5,600 shares)
{also, as an aside, even EV drivers are not really overly educated. I was checking out Edmunds Total Cost of Ownership and they said
"Good to know, Robert. It seems more and more like electricity is the way of the future. The curious catch-22 is the fact that we still generate a lot of our electricity with coal. Which, at the risk of sounding overtly political, seems to defeat the intended purpose.
Wonder what the future looks like? Good to know you and others are going to stick with EVs. I'm an EV driver myself. 2016 FIAT 500E."
they are unaware of the decline in 5 years of coal use of 5 quadrillion BTU's (2011 - 2016) (19 down to 14)(over 20%) and the increase in PV of ~.1 to ~.6 quadrillion BTU's.
Energy Flow Charts
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