Tesla completed its $2.6 million buyout of SolarCity this week, but it’s already showing off the resources of its new acquisition.
In a new blog post, the company detailed an ambitious plan to wire up the entire island of Ta’u in American Samoa with solar panels to solve the island’s intermittent power problems.
While Ta’u previously relied on diesel generators for its power, Tesla has installed a microgrid of solar panels and batteries that will “supply nearly 100 percent” of the energy required by the island’s 600 residents.
The project will see Ta’u equipped with a microgrid of over 5,300 solar panels as well as 60 Tesla Powerpack batteries for storage. While the acquisition of SolarCity has …