Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently
launched the new Tesla Solar Roofs using a 'Desperate Housewives' set as a
model house. The new Tesla roofs are equipped with solar panels are not just
designed to harness solar power and store them in Power Wall, but the new solar
roof is also designed to replace existing roofs.
The innovative solar roofs are said to be
stronger than traditional roofing system. The solar panels are built in within
the roofing panels so that the roofing itself will serve as the solar panels
and vice versa. During the launch, Powerwall 2 and Powerpack 2 were also
unveiled. The solar roofs will directly work with Tesla's home-based Powerwall.
Although it is not available on the market yet,
it is looking good for Tesla as a lot of manufacturers and industry players are
praising the new building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solar roofs. This is
the reason why a lot of industry players and the consumers as well are looking
out for the would-be price point of Tesla's innovative solar roofs.
Typical solar shingles are already expensive,
to begin with like CertainTeed, Suntegra and Atlanis. This is due to the high
cost of materials and installation cost. But Musk argued during the launch that
in the long run, installing solar roofs would be beneficial environmentally and
economically.
The solar roofs are composed of a 6-inch solar
cell. The economical advantage can be calculated depending on how powerful the
solar cells and the kilowatt-generating power or solar cells on the roof
combined.
Tesla's solar roofs are also designed to
replace the typical type of roofing materials. On the onset, it will be of
course, a bit more expensive than the regular ones especially if the home owner
will choose to replace the whole roofing system with its solar counterpart. But
Musk had also given that a thought. The Tesla CEO said anyone could choose only
parts of their roofs to be replaced with the ones with solar cells and still
keep some of the typical roofing materials. This is in respect to existing homes
and the owner's aesthetic preferences.
In an educated guess, Brian Cinnamon of Green
Tech Media expects that the Tesla solar roof to cost about $15,000 for a set
that is capable of producing 9,000 kilowatt-hours per year.
But until the solar roofs roll out in the
market, no one can tell for sure how much will the solar roof cost. Tesla's
acquision of SolarCity paved the way for the production of Solar Roofs that is
considered an integral part of Musk's environmental agenda mentioned in his
'Tesla Master Plan Part 2'.
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