Leading American automaker Tesla has expanded its business to the solar and energy storage industry. Remarkably, the company’s energy storage deployment surpassed 6.5 GWh, while its solar capacity deployment hit 348 MW in 2022.
Apart from those record-breaking capacity deployments, Tesla has announced another significant achievement. On January 31, Tesla’s official solar account disclosed that it reached more than 85 partner companies on its “Solar Roof Certified Installer” program.
Tesla looks to expand its solar business
The announcement came after Tesla Solar promoted the program, encouraging more companies to partner. It provided the link where solar firms and subcontractors may sign up to join the partnership program and become authorized third-party installers.
“Help us accelerate the transition to sustainable energy by getting certified to install Solar Roof. We’re already partnering with 85+ companies across the US through our Solar Roof Certified Installer program.”
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Tesla has also indicated in its recent 10-k filing the company’s demand for more personnel for its solar roof installations.
“We continue to seek to improve our installation capabilities and price efficiencies for Solar Roof. As these product lines grow, we will have to maintain adequate battery cell supply for our energy storage products and hire additional personnel, particularly skilled electricians, to support the ramp of Solar Roof.”
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It is worth noting that Tesla’s solar business has installed 500,000 solar panels and roofs, which totals about 4GW total of clean energy deployed.
That figure represents remarkable growth, considering the global supply chain issues since 2021. Even more, Tesla was compelled to suspend all of its solar roof installations in July 2022 temporarily. However, it suddenly discontinued all solar installation orders without Powerwall bundling in September 2022.
Nonetheless, Tesla has withstood all these challenges, as its Powerwalls and solar panels demonstrated their value in Florida. According to one client, his Powerwall and Tesla solar roof survived being submerged in waters for many hours and hurricane-force winds.
Furthermore, Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant trials pay owners to send electricity back to the grid during peak demand. The company urges many consumers in California and Texas to join the program. This innovation would essentially create a vast, distributed battery across each state.
