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Tesla has pledged that the Gigafactory would be net zero: https://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/teslas-gigafactory-will-produce-much-renewable-energy-it-u
by huxley 9y ago
Tesla has pledged that the Gigafactory would be net zero: https://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/teslas-gigafactory-will-produce-much-renewable-energy-it-uses-net-zero-energy.html https://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/teslas-gigafacto...
If this is accurate and comes to pass, then assuming like the Swedes did that the batteries would have 50% fossil fuel sources for production wouldn't apply.
- danjoc 9y agohttp://www.greencarreports.com/news/1105404_tesla-gigafactory-energy-no-solar-panels-yet-but-no-natural-gas-at-all http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1105404_tesla-gigafactor... Last I read, no panels.
- cptskippy 9y agoIt's not even a third complete, I think it's a little premature to be complaining about the lack of solar panels. https://i0.wp.com/electrek.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/gigafactory-march-2017-2.jpeg?w=1400&h=&crop&quality=82&strip=all&ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/electrek.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/gigaf... https://electrek.co/2016/07/24/tesla-gigafactory-picture-shows-construction-double-size/ https://electrek.co/2016/07/24/tesla-gigafactory-picture-sho...