Hello - I'm wondering if anyone else here has had a similar situation as us...
We are located on the SF Peninsula (Redwood City area) and are looking for a home backup system, which made us think about the Tesla Powerwall. Back in October 2007, we purchased (not leased) a smaller sized solar system from Solar City (now part of Tesla). 16 panels (2,840 W), see attached for details. It's suited us well, as we (two of us only) have no pool, or air conditioner.
We recently purchased a Tesla Model Y, and charge the car during the night. Since we don't drive to an office each day, we don't need to charge it up every night, but even so, we see our annual True-up amount owed to PG&E will be more than previous years.
We would like to better understand the following...
1) Is it possible to add a Powerwall to our current system?
2) If needed, is it possible to increase the amount of Solar panels we have or swap them out for more efficient panels? This will increase the energy generated, and can be used to draw power from, and store excess energy in the Powerwall and act as power backup during PG&E power outages.
3) Would updating the inverter help at all? Sorry...I'm not very well versed on how this all works....
Should we work with Tesla Energy directly, or use one of their partners? Any recommendations?
Thank you in advance.
We are located on the SF Peninsula (Redwood City area) and are looking for a home backup system, which made us think about the Tesla Powerwall. Back in October 2007, we purchased (not leased) a smaller sized solar system from Solar City (now part of Tesla). 16 panels (2,840 W), see attached for details. It's suited us well, as we (two of us only) have no pool, or air conditioner.
We recently purchased a Tesla Model Y, and charge the car during the night. Since we don't drive to an office each day, we don't need to charge it up every night, but even so, we see our annual True-up amount owed to PG&E will be more than previous years.
We would like to better understand the following...
1) Is it possible to add a Powerwall to our current system?
2) If needed, is it possible to increase the amount of Solar panels we have or swap them out for more efficient panels? This will increase the energy generated, and can be used to draw power from, and store excess energy in the Powerwall and act as power backup during PG&E power outages.
3) Would updating the inverter help at all? Sorry...I'm not very well versed on how this all works....
Should we work with Tesla Energy directly, or use one of their partners? Any recommendations?
Thank you in advance.