As a Puerto Rican living on the mainland, I thank you for keeping this crisis in the forefront.
@BenSullinsOfficial
6 жыл бұрын
+Mark Feliciano 🙏
@mmlips
6 жыл бұрын
Actually have never been. My Father was born there and I still have lots of family on the island.
@QuiChiYang2
6 жыл бұрын
As I'm shocked at most of this news I'm digesting about Puerto Rico, I'm equally surprise to see my questions answered, & I'm extremely pleased to see Elon Mosk, Tesla power company helping P/R BIGTIME!
@johnsilvester4367
6 жыл бұрын
One thing well known about solar systems damaged by storms is that the majority of damage is caused by debris striking and breaking the glass cover. What is little known, they will continue to produce electricity at near normal levels. Solar cells are not readily affected by moisture, however moisture will begin to corrode the contacts on and between the cells. So while these damaged solar panels will fail, they will still continue to supply power for weeks possibly months allowing time for replacement solar panels to by obtained. So provided the system is tested to be electrically safe, the damaged system can be almost immediately put back into service.
@rogerstarkey5390
6 жыл бұрын
Mário 565 100% clean? Still pumps out heat!
@jbbuzzable
6 жыл бұрын
Coal generates 44% of our electricity, and is the single biggest air polluter in the U.S.
@dougiegPR
6 жыл бұрын
Puerto Ricans destroyed more of the panels than the storm did . Send us free $$$$
@AndrewPolich
6 жыл бұрын
Ben, this is awesome! We (vittoriaenergy.org) were just down in Puerto Rico in November and were learning about the exact problems you talk about. The destruction of the one transmission line from the energy plants in the south to the population center of San Juan in the north is a real doozie to fix. In addition to Tesla, we ran into another cool solar-battery group, Sonnen. And New Energy was installing a lot of Tesla Powerwalls for private residences.
@BenSullinsOfficial
6 жыл бұрын
+Andrew Polich awesome, keep it up!
@ManuelGuzman067
6 жыл бұрын
I hope they build s new grid for Puerto Rico that will with stand any hurricane. No need to be without power that damn long .🇵🇷🇺🇸
@elvingonzalez847
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I am in Puerto Rico. 43 days without power. It's very hard to do the most simple thing.
@Milesamanjaro
6 жыл бұрын
Elvin Gonzalez Like charging the car in your avatar?
@briangarrow448
6 жыл бұрын
Those of you living on the continental mainland, don't think this couldn't happen to you. America's energy grid is aging and in sore need of major investments. A major earthquake or weather events could make tens of millions of people descend into darkness and lawlessness.
@imho7250
6 жыл бұрын
Brian Garrow, so are you saying we should fix the United States power grid before we fix Puerto Rico’s power grid?
@isaacroufs5779
6 жыл бұрын
IMHO Nope, both
@donnytucker
6 жыл бұрын
I'm in Florida and Irma knocked our power out for a week, It was horrible. I can't imagine having no power for months.
@imho7250
6 жыл бұрын
Donny Tucker, parts of Texas also has power out for a week with Harvey. No business can keep so many people on the payroll all year long to repair so much damage in a day. The big problem with Puerto Rico, is they have $70 billion in debt. They are basically bankrupt without any bankruptcy protection. So only high risk investors will gamble their money on it. The other factor is corruption, where people use to making money on every major government contract are still going to try to get their cut. Tesla can’t afford to take the financial risk, but they will be more than happy to sell batteries to big investors who want to restore power on Puerto Rico. The problem is a lot deeper than it seems.
@imho7250
6 жыл бұрын
Isaac Roufs, we could easily say we just fix the whole world all at once, but it’s not possible, so there has to be a starting point. And that needs to be placed where the initial investment is repaid on time so that money can go for more renewable energy. Spending a lot of money in a place that doesn’t pay its debt will put a quick end to the replacement of old energy plants with renewable energy plants. The solar efficiency of the location is a big factor, and the current energy prices paid in that area are another factor. This is why Hawaii was a good choice, but many other places in the US are not.
@NJCUSTOMCLOSETS
6 жыл бұрын
Puerto Rico is the Begining of the future!
@nicevideomancanada
6 жыл бұрын
Subscribed. Thank you for your research. I think Puerto Rico can become a Test Bed for future locations on Earth. Micro Hydro systems can recharge the battery banks too and the others in the mix. Thanks again.
@vasuca1tutoriales
6 жыл бұрын
Watching from Cayey, Puerto Rico
@johnsilvester4367
6 жыл бұрын
If those last few communities, at the very end of the transmission network, the ones that won't be reconnected for possibly 12 mths, were part of a islandable microgrid and able to generate a significant fraction of local demand, not necessarily 100%, essential services and say community centres could be supplied 24/7 and the rest of the community supplied with rolling blackouts. As the local distribution network is stood up, residents would be able to have at least several hours of electricity per day. While 24/7 electricity won't happen until the microgrid is reconnected to the transmission network, having electricity for a few hours a day is preferable to sitting in the dark for possibly 12 mths.
@eze3728
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks from Puerto Rico 🙏
@MrMoises27
6 жыл бұрын
Also Puerto Rico needs to update the building code.
@theAppleWizz
6 жыл бұрын
the Building code of PR is a combination of the Florida and California.
@dougiegPR
6 жыл бұрын
Bingo ,,,, 50% of PR. homes are built illegal ,no property rights , thus squatters. Plus 45% steal there power.... FACT after living there 30 years.
@madjunir
6 жыл бұрын
Lets not FORGET that a big chunk of PR's debt comes from importing fuels. So if they can PHASE out the old grid. That can make their economy more SUSTAINABLE. Their debt will most likely not be Waived as they first hoped, so this is the second (and probably BEST) OPTION they have!. IT'S kinda stupid that a tropical island that has free solar ENERGY all year CAN'T tap into that resource... (It was not best option maybe a decade ago but Tesla and their powerpacks and the costs DROPPING so much means the TIME has come to re-volt!)
@billcichoke2534
6 жыл бұрын
Manny B. Oh, you mean like they did already, which proved to be such a success they're in even MORE debt and their power generation is GONE? Yeah, I'll take example of the definition of insanity for 500, Alex. Wind and solar...proven unreliable, proven incapable of weathering real life, proven incapable of existing without spending 5-8x MORE (what was it you were saying about PR's debt?)...why can't you people stop and admit this green crap is nonsense on stilts and just let it die?
@dougiegPR
6 жыл бұрын
I "a Gringo" have lived here 30 years in PR. does not matter they always protest and revolt. Russia already said they are on there own. 2 much worldwide dept . the U.S. holds only 90 billion . They have borrowed world wide and only blame the U.S. for there dept. of Trillions . Who wants that? Argentina sold out to Putin for just $65billion and that worked.....
@irvalfirestar6265
6 жыл бұрын
'cept there's one important thing you missed. burying lines underground costs a LOT more than erecting transmission towers, which might be seriously bad for puerto rico's finances
@juanmaduro1713
6 жыл бұрын
I'm from Puerto Rico and I'm sure electrical energy to my house is month if not years away
@shannonnewman3091
6 жыл бұрын
Tesla Rocks ! Thank you !
@joseangelhr
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for spreading the word and bringing up consciousness about the still current situation in my beloved island of Puerto Rico; on the sixth week after the devastation caused by hurricane María. Blessings.
@BenSullinsOfficial
6 жыл бұрын
+Jose Angel Hernandez 🙏 Ojalá que tengamos un mejor solución pronto
@MrArtist7777
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and 100% spot on, regarding energy production. As we speak, enough solar is being installed, every day, to replace: 3 large coal-fired power plants. That's every day! De-centralizing the solar arrays and battery storage makes perfect sense, in many ways. New, floating, off-shore wind turbines have just been commissioned in Britain and Norway and can be used off of Puerto Rico. Small bio-fuel plants can be used but I think the majority of PR's energy production is going solar and wind, with today's technology.
@rogerstarkey5390
6 жыл бұрын
Russell Fine Arts The wind turbines have been INSTALLED already! Actually, I wonder if floating turbines would be the ideal solution in a hurricane zone! They could be designed with enough flexibility in the anchor system that the whole structure could tilt as the winds hit, to absorb the energy.
@MrArtist7777
6 жыл бұрын
I know, I've been working in the wind industry for 10 years and still do, today. My company monitors the on shore wind turbines in PR, which some have minor damage to and all have severe infrastructure (power lines) damage to so no power is being produced from them. They're looking at moving the power lines underground, to avoid this in the future. There are no off-shore wind turbine in PR but many are talking about installing them and the floating turbines are the best option as the costs of anchoring deep piles is extreme and the floating turbines have proven to work great. There's no problem to hurricanes as the turbine blades will pitch to stop any spinning and the foundation floats can handle steep swaying. I think we'll see all future off-shore turbines on floating foundations at: 8-10mW units. Each turbine can produce enough annual energy to power: ~12,000-20,000 homes.
@rogerstarkey5390
6 жыл бұрын
Russell Fine Arts Thanks for the great information on the floating turbines, that seems to be another argument for the sceptics quashed! They certainly seem to be the future of wind power, especially if they can with stand the hurricane forces both in wind and Sea swells!
@MrArtist7777
6 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Check out vids on floating wind turbines, it's pretty cool tech. Wind has recently become the cheapest form of energy and will only get cheaper as the turbines keep getting bigger, making the energy cheaper. Hurricanes are usually no big deal for wind turbines as the blades pitch flat, allowing the rotors to stop and the towers are so massive, it's nearly impossible to destroy them. You're right, wind is the future, along with solar.
@tomcat124us
6 жыл бұрын
Nice analysis, enjoyed the not just solar, but wind, biomass, tidal as forms of green energy, natural gas can have it's place too.
@callumburnett5922
6 жыл бұрын
Thomas Fuller; land based wind turbines least cost option, also biogas from agricultural waste useful for filling in the gaps from solar and wind production
@kurtcarter3876
6 жыл бұрын
I love this video and how simple you make the data for us, Ben. Thank you and keep up the great work. I really appreciate it and I watch you just about every week.
@tecnocato
6 жыл бұрын
Hello from Puerto rico. Thanks to the priority given to Puerto Rico, hundreds of residents have been able to switch to solar or at the very least have it for net-metering and power backup. Just a week after we were hot we were able to go 100% solar with PowerWall2.
@GoodwinPhotoBlog
6 жыл бұрын
Great video... I have made donations, I wish there was more we can do to help. I do like the idea Now You Know proposed.
@dougiegPR
6 жыл бұрын
save ur money
@MrMoises27
6 жыл бұрын
I hope the Puerto Rico's governor see this video. Tesla can do it.
@wulfo7272
6 жыл бұрын
Can u also give us a model x
@RNicknackpaddywhack
6 жыл бұрын
Annex it.
@funafter5081
6 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Ben! Cheers, John ;)
@rf-bh3fh
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting Elon Musk doing more for Puerto Rico than the chief clown.
@Mrbfgray
5 жыл бұрын
Ben--do an update on this! (unless I missed it) Unique valuable content, thank You.
@hizzlemobizzle
6 жыл бұрын
Should make homes and businesses independent of the grid. This would be most efficient, better for the environment and minimize outages from storms.
@arod4789
6 жыл бұрын
Gracias! Thanks for this video. Is good to know there are possibilities for my Island.
@JoeCiliberto
6 жыл бұрын
Our nation's failure to deliver a completely redesigned island at approximately the same cost it will take to rebuild it as it was is a disgrace. We are a great nation when we talk, but not so great when we do. The ideas presented in this video are outstanding. Below is a step by step plan to achieve far more than rebuilding a fossil fuel generation and Cu/Al distribution network in Puerto Rico. A - Start over, if the Islands fall back to a repair the existing they will continue to throw dirt on themselves as they lie six feet deep in a hole. B - Puerto Rico must use an inside out bottoms up (IOBU) plan to rebuild itself. C - In the meantime they can use a military style instant base kind of provisioning to enable people to have power, clean water, sewage, (drinking, bathing, and cleaning (clothing, housing, property), healthcare and emergency services EMT, Law Enforcement, search and rescue). Every bit of this happens in days in the remote corners of the world. Why can't this be a shared military Islander operation? D - End the arcane Jones Act - It is a ridiculous, outdated farce. It protects nothing but profits for a few. Let's stop lying to the American people. If you want an American shipbuilding and Maritime industrial capacity, compete and build one. Don't lay it like a yoke on our Nation's islanders. It is a damn lie. E - Begin a grand IOBU renewal that plans, funds, executes, monitors and manages a resurrection of the islands based on these factors: 1- A cooperative of American, small-business only tradesmen form cooperative compacts with local tradesmen. 2 - The cooperative forms apprenticeships with primarily local youth (perhaps 10% Mainland youth) and the local unemployed. 3 - Funding, arranged at the National and State Levels is disbursed and managed through regional banks, never large investment banks. Terms are favorable for the island. 4 - Form neighborhood commissions that decide how property is redesignated. This is a tough situation. The island currently has neighborhoods that grew without any kind of central planning or consideration for this kind of situation. We need a means of gaining the local perspective and letting locals lead how they homes my actually move. An example is tearing down 100 homes and rebuilding a new neighborhood of a modern design where people retain ownership rights but in a new home. 5 - Form a urban planning cooperative of island and mainland universities under the tutelage (or oversight) of firms expert in the integration, installation and operation and maintenance of large scale alternative energy projects. The neighborhood commission works with the panning coop. 6 - Planning and trades coops coordinate with one another so that knowledge and labor is transferred form planners to installers. 7- While the military infrastructure sustains some quality of life, the island is rebuilt, from the ground up (BU) with a better way. Sewage, communication and power lines, hardened, storm resistant housing structures, more greenery, alternative power, power storage, survivable multi-mode internet in every house, broader roads, 8 - Materials are purchased as the plans mature. Materials include alternative energy and supporting infrastructure, hardened home building, probably a modular type. Manufacturers of all mateirls must hire island workers. The capability to manufacturer will be sustained post IOBU primarily on the island itself. 9 - So I could go on, I think everyone gets it. IOBU promotes local involvement and leadership. It trains, modernizes, provide and sustains jobs and skills before, during and after IOBU. 10 - It prevents what is happening in renewal project in the US, whee the wealthy are gentrifying areas, sucking up all the tax money (and money the US and locals borrow in bonds) and sells the new for the rich only treasure to primarily foreigners and the wealthy. Screw that. 11 - It prevent infrastructure being built by a non-Island workforce that wil be leased or rented or sold by-the-drink back to the islanders. 12 - It will not encumber the locals with an unpayable debt 13 - It will prevent any yokes on the people like the Jones act ever again 14 - In earlier versions I stated All money comes from grants from the US budget. I want to change that. I am reading "After One Hundred Years : Corporate Profits, Wealth and American Society" by Joseph J. Dunn. I think this book should be required reading, probably senior year in High School, for an American History class, or College Freshman American Political Science class. I read about Charitable giving, which compared Company versus Individual giving and has a lot of treatment of Government expenditures, particularity the New Deal. SO the funding can come from a lot of sources, and be arranged as charity, revenue expenditure, bonds, investment, co-ownership, run-offs, etc. It is hard for me to understand why we continue to be so shortsighted, and not see the bright side of unfortunate luck the Island and American towns and cities are enduring.
@BajanAlan
6 жыл бұрын
South Australia Area: 984,377 km² Population: 1.677 million (Dec. 2013)
@tezzinaus
6 жыл бұрын
Alan Marshall how far off was this guy.. Not overly surprised though
@johnsilvester4367
6 жыл бұрын
One issue I keep hearing about is how mountainous the island is. This would suggest that pumped hydro would be readily available for electricity storage.
@SailorBarsoom
6 жыл бұрын
For a place like Puerto Rico, I prefer offshore wind. Build ten thousand of the things, 50 Km (31 miles) offshore. This generates scads of electricity, you won't be able to see it from Puerto Rico, it's wonderfully green, you can use the wind turbine supports for artificial reefs, and best of all, *it weakens hurricanes.* But this may be a project for further in the future. PR needs help NOW and if solar panels are the fastest way to do it then let's have some solar panels.
@maribelguzman4313
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you from puerto rico and lets do this you got my vote🙏
@Mrbfgray
5 жыл бұрын
It looks like the big windmills stood strong at least. Some solar panels got hammered.
@chrisc.2480
6 жыл бұрын
Tesla is doing more than the US government 😂
@Milesamanjaro
6 жыл бұрын
Chris Carter Yeah. NASA is heavily underfunded, as well. 😞
@chrisc.2480
6 жыл бұрын
Milesamanjaro Trump wants to build a wall that cost billions while the US is in trillions of debt😔
@travelinghermit
6 жыл бұрын
Chris Carter Anyone can accomplish more than the gov't. And thank God for that. If they were powerful enough to actually DO something, we'd really be in trouble.
@johnqsak
6 жыл бұрын
Chris Carter, umm didn't you hear Trump is going to make the "Mexicans" pay for and build the way. XD
@Milesamanjaro
6 жыл бұрын
+Chris Carter I don't disagree, but my reference was to SpaceX and the private industry doing more than the government; i.e. NASA in relation to space exploration and the US government in relation to P.R. relief efforts.
@Monkeyslayer316
6 жыл бұрын
Elon Musk is my power grid.
@concombre94
6 жыл бұрын
The Battery System in South Australia is supposed to provide power for more than 30,000 homes, not just 30,000 people.
@marcelopacheco2479
6 жыл бұрын
The main consideration isn't average daily hours a place gets from solar BUT worst case daily hours (when it rains or in the winter), cause batteries are cheap enough to store energy in the day and discharge at (the same) night, but still ORDERS of magnitude too expensive to store excess production in the summer for usage in the winter. In many places wind power can complement solar by generating at night and in the winter, but that does NOT happen anywhere. The big advantage of all existing big Tesla projects and puerto rico is we're talking about equatorial/tropical areas where the winters are mild, or in the case of Australia, its not a wholesale replacement of the entire grid, but rather just using large battery packs to replace the need for fossil fuel fired peaking plants, something that is also being done in California. The best solution where available is either hydroelectric dams or pumped hydro storage since it acts as a huge, low cost battery for the grid. But this solution is limited and even tapped out in many places like Europe.
@Khaltazar
6 жыл бұрын
They could just make it so the solar panels hide underground if it detects high winds or lots of debris.
@ShadowRifft
6 жыл бұрын
Geez.. I'm almost buckled over with how much I want to help, and heard of the Tesla childrens hospital initiative... and effectiveness!!!.. I just honestly hope the modality and effectiveness/realization of help needed exceeds anything as trivial/ineffective as self prioritization..
@kuba729
6 жыл бұрын
I think if government give Tesla grants they can build this powerpack.
@Frisco1x
3 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see how their electric grid is doing now 3 years later
@danielkon8047
6 жыл бұрын
I was going to say why not make several smaller systems but you said it. I was also thinking about personal systems like some homesteaders use.
@rich8304
5 жыл бұрын
Great job Tesla.Your the company of the future.
@krystaldemeinjohnson7265
6 жыл бұрын
Why can't you put a solar panels underground with a plexiglass top
@yandan8
6 жыл бұрын
Is Tesla's South Australian project done? I thought construction just got started last week of September.
@berrugo
6 жыл бұрын
Yogi Tesla commited to have it ready in 100 days (December 1st) and I think it was 400 Megawatts
@rogerstarkey5390
6 жыл бұрын
Andres Berdugo 129MWh (confirmed by Ben in the video)
@rogerstarkey5390
6 жыл бұрын
Yogi The major effort would have been construction, (I assume in the USA) and transport to Australia. Once on site, I assume that if the preparation is done, the units are virtually "plug and play". Position, bolt to ground, connect, flip the switch.
@brettrob94
6 жыл бұрын
Reports say they 80 percent done with the battery here in South Australia. Total demand for the state is between about 800 to 3000 MW. Just over 40 percent renewable.
@BenSullinsOfficial
6 жыл бұрын
They did have a celebration already, so I'm assuming it's done? Check the Tesla KZitem channel for the footage of the event
@victorseal9047
6 жыл бұрын
Except for S Australia all the examples are islands, and besides the fact that they are blessed with plenty of sun, most islands have far more wind than sun, a balance of solar and wind turbines would be the near perfect answer !
@nathanryweck3137
6 жыл бұрын
With all the tropical forest these solar farms displace, I'm thinking rooftop solar is way lower environmental impact.
@coolpips715
6 жыл бұрын
Ok sounds great but really wouldn’t be a good idea you have to remember Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island that gets hit by hurricanes all the time so that’ll mean you have to take down the grits and the panels
@loctite222ms
6 жыл бұрын
Right now the wires need fixing. Later they can work on how the electricity is generated. You still need to maintain the distribution grid. How robust are all those panels to wind and flying debris? It's a good idea, but it's not a foolproof solution. Power generation isn't the immediate problem; it's the distribution.
@loctite222ms
6 жыл бұрын
What's the cost of that 129 MW-Hr storage system? All this talk is simplistic. The elephant in the room is what it will cost. PR was already broke before the hurricanes.
@dgcrago
6 жыл бұрын
So let's think about this ... new energy grids need to be made, we have the technology, it would create jobs, influence positive growth in the economy, we as humans would reduce our carbon footprint, etc. WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING THIS? This is literally the best investment that the US government could possibly make for our country. All I'm saying is that I'm seeing way more positive than negative feedback from this; I definitely think that renewable energy is going to be the way of the future.
@capellanluismartinez2746
5 жыл бұрын
NEVER GO TO GRID TIE NEVER, the contract that you sign have small letters at the end saying that you are a co-owner of your SOLAR equipment with the AEE you can't touch a single bolt of something that is yours you pay for it with that contract you are a co-owner with them have to wait until the GRID is restored so NEVER BUT NEVER GO GRID TIE, remember once you sign that contract the system will not belong to you to both you and AEE, think carefully what are you going to do... to the people of Puerto Rico. GOD BLESS
@magmorales842
6 жыл бұрын
My people of PR need to take the first step and stop relying on the main source of power. The people need to start installing their own systems in their houses and find banks that are financing just like in the states. I bought an inexpensive electric car and will install solar in my house before the year end, because I don't want to depend solely on the power company because these storms will be here more often as the climate change keep affecting our weather system.
@macberry4048
6 жыл бұрын
I think right now battery and solar technology is only good enough to bring down the price of electricity, but it isn't good enough to replace coal and gas powerplants. We need solar panels to make more electricity and we need batteries that store more electricity
@dlatina
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!! 🇵🇷🙏🇺🇸
@smiley3012
6 жыл бұрын
Solar is cool but what happens when another storm comes through.
@alittlebitintellectual7361
6 жыл бұрын
Is there any live data from those installed powerpacks? Id like to see how those projects hold up of theres bad weather over a few days.
@tuliocano8468
6 жыл бұрын
I don't wanna sound insensitive but perhaps PR will come up from this with a stronger infrastructure and a cheaper powergrid that will be an example for the whole world all because of Irma.
@m.savage8318
6 жыл бұрын
It's all about maintenance. The lack of maintenance due to people pocketing the money is the reason why they had such a dirty electrical grid. Until you make a completely self sustainable power grid that can somehow maintain its self these countries in poverty will always be on a slippery slope.
@ElBadDogJL
6 жыл бұрын
Tesla can make the job for the future of PR , but the truth is that there are to many hands that depends on prepas money !!!!! And those hands will not permit that other forms of grid work here in PR .
@khoaphan3716
6 жыл бұрын
Can Tesla use solar during the day and use wing for support during the night?
@michaelginever732
6 жыл бұрын
Just a small correction - South Australia has a population of 1.7 million, most in the capital Adelaide. So a few more than the 30,000 you mention). They already generate over 30% of their power from wind farms. Solar PV now contributes some 9%. The 129 MWhr battery is being installed in conjunction with further wind generation (100MW) near Jamestown some 200 odd kilometers north of Adelaide. It gets hot up there in Summer and I have wondered if that will represent a problem. Underground housing for the batteries might have been an option. Still I am sure Tesla has thought about this and are providing cooling as needed.
@michaelcampbell5567
6 жыл бұрын
It cost Elon Musk 50 million dollars to re-electrify a single building. There are a lot of buildings in PR. Do the math.
@charlestaylor2255
5 жыл бұрын
Question but in another hurracaine like maria or worse does a solar panels glass can stand for flying debri and the glass of does solar panels can handle wind debri etc thats my question sounds good but they can handle another maria or stronger so puerto rico dont have another power grid
@markleyg
6 жыл бұрын
Trumps response in Puerto Rico is a 10 out of 10, LOL.
@tasmanianbadger
6 жыл бұрын
Ben... it’s South Australia, not ‘Southern’. What’s more, you’re comparing apples to oranges. It’s capital city - Adelaide - has a population of over a million people. The whole state has a population of 1.7 million people. While Australia and South Australia in particular, are very urbanised, the distances between population centres dwarfs the American or European norms. Transmission losses in SA are an issue facing the managers/providers of electricity. The Tesla battery in SA is not there to power SA’s power grid, if it tried to do so, it would last for maybe around 15 - 30 minutes. The battery is there to facilitate load balancing. Further complicating things, Adelaide is vast. That million people population capital city may be relatively small compared to Los Angelos or New York in terms of people, but in terms of area, it is one of the largest cities in the world. The only practical way to use solar for the majority of power production in a place like SA is to have solar and power walls on most houses.
@yandan8
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Adam. At least on the surface, Elon seems to be going after "islands" of electric demand. In that sense, Adelaide seems to have similar characteristics. It's expensive shipping energy to an island. Shipping options are usually limited. Likewise electric energy at the end of a long transmission line is inflexible and expensive. Solar with batteries, on the other hand, can be sited locally, and is flexible -- especially when it comes to time required for development and construction (can be done piecemeal). So Elon is competing not only on price, but also on flexibility (speed).
@ferkeap
6 жыл бұрын
It is indeed a niece, but well needed if you add more wind/solar. it shoudl be included in those cost.
@phillaboody260
6 жыл бұрын
Adelaide is a good 200 Km's away from the batteries and parts of it would be 300 Km's away from it. I don't see the 'Island' you are talking about.
@watertriton
6 жыл бұрын
Puerto Rico was already highly sustainable the hurricane destroyed the turbines and solar panels.
@dantheman6300
6 жыл бұрын
good vid, though should clear up, South Australia's installation can not power the state on its own. its only set up to 'fill in the gaps' of main grid.
@twelvewingproductions7508
6 жыл бұрын
I think it's critical when examining solar to also examine the ramifications of something you said about scale-ability. What you said, and accurately so, was that solar was easily scale-able. That also works in reverse. Not only can solar be easily scaled up, it can also be easily scaled down and "fractured" into smaller pieces rather than trying to do it all isolated in a few facilities. Localizing solar is probably the answer, especially where areas are subject to hurricanes and tornadoes. The solar roof tiles aren't ready for prime time yet, but when they are it will be easy and attractive to simply have the home over produce, yet meet nearly all it's power needs during winter... so long as each home has enough battery storage to utilize the locally produced power (30-90kwh depending on the size of the home). Having this power owned initially by the power companies and then transition to personal ownership is likely the key to making this work. If one looked into how much Puerto Rico was spending on infrastructure in getting power to each home, it might be an interesting study to see how many homes could have been powered in near totality for that same cost outlay. Anyway, thanks for the video. Just thought I'd offer some food for thought since I am currently working on a similar project to see how such a thing would actually work.
@arleneallen8809
6 жыл бұрын
Your point about building a more hardened system is important. With hurricanes it is fairly obvious that anything above ground would require considerably greater robustness than nominal construction techniques. If the picture you showed of a devastated solar farm was Puerto Rico, it is clear from the visual of the aluminum framework that they mounted the panels in the same manner as anywhere else. Can't do much about impact damage, but one can definitely mount and protect the panels to be wind resistant. Your other point about having more distributed generation would also help minimize the single point of failure loss from high voltage long lines.
@davidthemonkeyv1
6 жыл бұрын
they seem quite raised there, wouldn't it be better to have them practically on the ground (still angled) can't imagine just raising them 2 foot actually improves efficiency considering the size of the flat area around them
@GaryVolts
6 жыл бұрын
I think we need to look at economically appropriate technology for the island. This is a poor country that doesn't produce much. They can't afford a bunch of silicon valley brand name technology. I think a more appropriate approach would be to have distributed micro solar driving 12V systems in rural homes. This is enough power for light and communications. Energy can be stored in either a stand alone car battery or if the family owns a car, using the one they already have. For the capital they don't need to go to batteries right away. They can use their existing power generation infrastructure to supplement a solar panel system and use dynamic pricing to disincentivize use of electricity from fossil fuels at night.
@thebigdoghimself
6 жыл бұрын
We should not forget to thank Trump and the GOP for abandoning these American citizens.
@thebigdoghimself
6 жыл бұрын
I disagree with it being "tougher" to get to. Puerto Rico is 980 miles from Miami Florida. We spend over 600 billion dollars on our military. That very same military can get tanks, weapons, airplanes and everything else it needs to the other side of the planet, yet the orange buffoon can't get help to our people who are a thousand miles away? It's totally ridiculous. Let's be 100% honest here. It's because they are brown and not white. He did not go to Florida or Texas and tell them they have "thrown our budget out of whack".
@rogerstarkey5390
6 жыл бұрын
John Salazar Also, as Nate was forming, he was ALREADY promising aid, BEFORE it even reached the US, while at the same time arguing with Puerto Rico!
@rackley98052
6 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the cost to Puerto Rico. Once the system is paid for, their cost would be close to ZERO.
@tsunamy333
6 жыл бұрын
great video
@ferkeap
6 жыл бұрын
In combination with Small Modular reators, this can work and no need for fossil energy. Having nuclear will make you less depended of natural depended resources. solar and wind are fragile in tropical storm route's. And you need allot more cables instead of lines.
@manny-hl9pz
4 жыл бұрын
What would be the cost to build .
@tezzinaus
6 жыл бұрын
Dude south Australia has about 1.3mil people living there
@tezzinaus
6 жыл бұрын
And south Australia has a land area of almost a million square kilometres Puerto Rico 10000 square kilometres
@midnightwatchman1
6 жыл бұрын
a bit optimistic, actually I do not think wind or tidal will work very well they are both can be affected by very strong winds and waves. Solar is the best bet , you can build solar farms to with stand a hurricane and flooding it is really a matter of how much money you have. how ever there is an upper limit to solar collection it is finding suitable places to locate solar plants they do take up a lot of space and if Puerto Rico start to industrialize then we would need a lot more energy. I am fairly confident that Elon Musk will find a way to make it work and make economical. The economics of the batteries is still untested and unproven
@gnikmi
5 жыл бұрын
No Tesla can't .. They are not doing this for free. They just jacked up their prices on their batteries and panels.
@sky2198
4 жыл бұрын
I was on the hurricane. Very devastating. And no power for 3 months
@samuelhowell7364
6 жыл бұрын
South Australia has a lot more than 30000 residents.
@robgannon1964
6 жыл бұрын
30,000 people in South Australia? Check your numbers dude.
@fdhall
6 жыл бұрын
Awesome numbers and info bro...loved it! It just makes so much sense, but you hit the nail on the head...politics will be the thing to make this difficult, not the technology
@Longboard2311
3 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t matter how much energy you can generate without catastrophic failure. Bring the issue is still in how you get the service to the individuals homes! Putting them all underground is impossible by the way🤷♂️
@stdlyman3k
6 жыл бұрын
That’s all good but the issue is transmission lines being cut and broken not all because of production of energy.
@davidthemonkeyv1
6 жыл бұрын
ye but you wouldnt need as many transmission lines if you have lots of smaller panels/batteries around the island
@colleenforrest7936
6 жыл бұрын
Just curious as to why tesla didn't consider a joint solar/VAWT solution to power generation
@ScubaDubaJosh
6 жыл бұрын
South Australia's population: 1.6 million, which i guess is "over thirty thousand"
@capellanluismartinez2746
5 жыл бұрын
To do that have to go independently by neighborhood only the class that can afford it will be the ONLY beneficiaries.... what are you going to do with that???
@charlibravo371
6 жыл бұрын
Those unfamiliar with Australia, and the mentioned region, it's bigger in size then countries such as France, Madagascar, Turkey and if it were a nation it would be the 31st largest out of 196. The South Australian Tesla project is simply small fries.
@richardtompkins9797
4 жыл бұрын
2400 watts per family
@samreaders6758
6 жыл бұрын
where can i purchase a Tesla battery for a private home use. My sister lives in Puerto Rico and has asked me to find information about these batteries. she heard some people are installing these in private homes
@ashley2108
6 жыл бұрын
what would be the upkeep cost, and price at the outlet I wonder?
@nothandmade9686
6 жыл бұрын
The phone is on full volume and I can barely here it.
@akzebraminer
6 жыл бұрын
NotHandMade 1.Your phone sucks 2. I agree, the video is too quiet
@vegardfjeldstad5116
6 жыл бұрын
Headphones is needed
@jblob5764
6 жыл бұрын
3. Hear*
@harryd1471
6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree that you could take Puerto Rico and put it on the renewable energy the only problem with what you were talking about on on this video is that you've left out the idea that each and every house being removed into a singular energy on a grid what number one give it a resiliency that you cannot match with any kind of centralized production and secondly allowed to grow exponentially very quickly I understand the need for centralized systems to be back up for redundancy but the truth of how to take Puerto Rico and solve this problem that they're having is to literally take everyone off the grid. This is the problem that we have within our country we have reached a technological level or hierarchical business models are in direct opposition to the growth of the technology.
@DamianCandetti
6 жыл бұрын
30,000 residence in South Australia? try closer to 1.7 million and the battery is only used to bridge something like a 1hr window on hot days.
@DamianCandetti
6 жыл бұрын
Dont get me wrong, great product. just dislike the made up facts in this video.
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