Among Tesla’s Gigafactories that have been put into production or confirmed for construction, the renderings of the Nevada Gigafactory, the Berlin Gigafactory, the Texas Gigafactory, and the Mexico Gigafactory all have large-area rooftop solar power systems. , to make full use of clean energy.
Tesla Texas Gigafactory
The latest reports from foreign media show that a huge factory has been built. A rooftop solar system is being installed at the Texas Gigafactory that produces Model Y and electric pickup truck Cybertruck. The first phase has been completed. Once completed, it is expected to become the world’s largest rooftop solar system. Power system.
The first phase of Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory’s rooftop solar system has been completed, Logan Grant, senior manager of factory engineering, revealed during a meeting at the Travis County Commissioners Court where the factory is located.
Logan Grant said they have completed the first phase of installation, with an installed capacity of about 10 megawatts, and when it is fully completed there will be 30 megawatts, which he believes will be the largest rooftop solar in the world.
According to information disclosed by Logan Grant and other Tesla executives, the solar power generation system on the roof of their Texas Gigafactory has nearly 70,000 solar panels covering 10 million square feet, or approximately 929,000 square meters of factory building. on the roof.
It is worth noting that unlike Apple and other manufacturers who need to outsource the solar panels installed on their roofs, the solar panels needed on the roof of Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory are most likely supplied by them themselves. SolarCity, which Tesla acquired in 2016, is a company engaged in the production and storage of clean energy such as solar energy. Rooftop solar energy is also a business they are vigorously developing.
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