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Tesla could become a key player in shaping grids of the future.

The historic destruction wrought by hurricanes Irma and Maria,
. . . on the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this month,
. . . downed once operational and largely fossil fuel-powered grids,
. . . opening up the possibility for companies like Tesla,
. . . to move in and establish a presence.

Tesla has already built solar energy production, and storage "Powerpacks" in:
. . . . . . American Samoa, and
. . . . . . Hawaii.
The futuristic centers include:
. . . . . . solar panels, and
. . . . . . enclosed batteries, that reduce fossil fuel demands up to
. . . 50% by 2019, alleviating the need for:
. . . . . . buying,
. . . . . . transporting, and
. . . . . . burning, expensive fuel.

The batteries can:
. . . . . . increase a home's reliance on renewables,
. . . . . . feed power back into the grid, and
. . . . . . operate as backups in the event of an outage.

Establishment of renewable systems,
. . . are initially more expensive,
. . . partially due to the requirement of high-capacity batteries, to provide power at night,
. . . but hybridizing them with more traditional technologies,
. . . could be ideal.

9-30-2017 Source:  #Batteries VS Grid