Tesla Powerwall

• Powur PBC , a platform-based company simplifying the path to clean energy, announced that it is bolstering its sales enablement and project fulfillment platform by adding Tesla Powerwall to its battery energy storage offering.
• The addition of Tesla Powerwall further advances Powur’s goal of providing diverse clean energy solutions to help people upgrade to a customized smart energy home and achieve energy independence.
• By making its battery available on Powur’s platform, Tesla Powerwall can now be sold through the largest national residential solar sales network so that more people can reduce their energy bills and dependence on the grid.
• “With increasing grid-instability and self-consumption incentives, we are seeing greater demand for solar-plus-storage clean energy systems in homes,” stated Powur CEO Jonathan Budd.

• When you live far from the cities, it makes sense to do as much as possible yourself.
• Australia’s sheer size has meant many remote farms have long been off grid as it’s often simply too expensive to get a power connection.
• But for those still on the grid, there are now new options.
• As solar gets cheaper, more and more farms are aiming to become self-reliant in power.

Massive to micro? Yes, pumped hydro can work on farms

• Queensland’s government is planning massive pumped hydro schemes to act as batteries.
• For farmers, another opportunity is the ability to use existing dams and reduce pumped hydro construction costs.
• And it’s likely the solution won’t work for farms on flat ground – you need a drop of at least 20 metres.
• We compared a micro pumped hydro system with 42.6kWh capacity and able to discharge 3.6kW to a commercial lithium-ion battery, the Tesla Powerwall, able to store 13.5kWh and discharge 5.0kW.
• We found micro pumped hydro storage was 30% cheaper than a battery if locally generated solar was regularly needed overnight – such as to power a 24/7 irrigation system.

Australia has thousands of potential sites

• Our research is the first continent-wide assessment of potential pumped hydro farm dam sites.
• How did we figure out how many sites would suit micro pumped hydro?
• That’s how we came up with our figure of 30,000 promising sites, including dam-to-dam and dam-to-river sites.

What’s next for this approach?

• If you’re farming wheat on flat plains, you’re unlikely to have the slope needed to make it work.
• For instance, if you’re in a drought-prone area with limited groundwater, it may not make sense to install pumped hydro.
• Our research assumes 70% of the water in the dams is available for use, which does not account for droughts or irrigation needs.
• Martino Malerba is supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council (project ID DE220100752)

• As winner of the Tesla Performance Excellence award, they have been recognized nationally as one of the leading installers of the Tesla Powerwall and providers of customer support for both new solar installations and additions to existing systems.
• Given the high volume of Powerwall installations nationally, this is a significant accomplishment for Stellar Solar and Stellar Solar Michigan and further establishes them as the go-to resource for solar and battery storage combination installations in both the California and Michigan markets.
• Stellar Solar President Brian Hobbs had this to say about the award and Stellar Solar's leadership position in the battery space: "It's an honor to be recognized by Tesla, the market leader in batteries for both self-consumption and emergency backup.
• Stellar Solar offers quick, easy, no-pressure virtual residential solar and battery quotes for homeowners interested in solar and battery storage.

• Stardust Solar has a network of over 2500 trained and certified Solar Professionals across North America and 18 franchisee operations.
• “The solar market is growing rapidly, but not all solar companies offer the potential for outsized investment returns,” said Purpose ESG's CEO, Young Bann.
• With the help of Purpose ESG to identify and realize incremental growth opportunities, we will support Stardust Solar in their goal of becoming the ‘Starbucks of Solar’."
• Stardust Solar is diversified across 3 revenue-generating entities: Stardust Solar Technologies, Stardust Solar Franchise, and Stardust Solar USA.