The house is also equipped with 3 of Tesla’s 7.6 kW solar inverters – the company’s most recent solar product looking to compete with industry leaders, like Enphase and Solar Edge. It is also equipped with 5 Tesla Powerwalls – providing up to 67.5 kWh of backup power. This project has virtually all of Tesla’s energy products, and a lot of them. Jim Abercrombie, Director of Roofing Operations at Good Faith Energy, says that five tiles, which adds up to 360w, cover about the same square footage of most 360w solar panels.īut to be the ultimate Tesla house, you can’t only have a Tesla Solar Roof. They give more flexibility than the usual solar panel. Here’s the particular solar tile configuration for this project:Įach Tesla solar tile is about 45in by 14in and is rated at 72w. Tesla supplies both solar and non-solar tiles for its solar roof installations, and the solar tiles are installed to optimize the house’s electricity production based on orientation and shade. Good Faith Energy installed an impressive 11,000 sq-ft Tesla Solar Roof with a capacity of 30 kW.Īs you can see, it’s a big house, but not the entire roof needs to be equipped with solar tiles producing electricity. Now we are featuring one of their latest projects in Katy, Texas where they helped builder William David Homes build the ultimate Tesla house. We reported on them last year after they showed how one of their Tesla Solar Roof installations fared against a hailstorm with baseball-size hailstones.
They have been doing some of the most impressive Tesla Solar Roof installations we have seen. One of those third-party installers is Good Faith Energy based in Texas. This is going to allow Tesla to focus on manufacturing and scale with the goal of supporting its new ‘ Tesla Electric‘ electricity retailing product. Instead of managing the installation, Tesla is gradually becoming more of a supplier with its goal of owning the home energy ecosystem through products like the Powerwall. Lately, Tesla has been increasingly relying on third-party installers to deploy its home energy products. It features virtually all of Tesla’s home energy products. This, however, means the Timberline Solar also stands out more as a solar installation compared to Tesla's product, which blends in better with traditional home styles.Today, we are featuring one of, if not the most insane, Tesla house projects. GAF had designed its solar shingles to be quite large at 64-inches in length, reducing the amount of wiring and units needed for a home.
Competion with tesla solar roofs install#
This, the company claims, cuts the time it takes to install the solar roof in half compared to "typical" residential solar systems.Īll good things come with compromises, however, and in this case, it revolves around design. On the flip side, however, GAF Energy claims its Timberline Solar will undercut Tesla when it comes to cost, also alleging its product is more durable than that of its competitor (via CNBC).Ī huge benefit particular to GAF's product is its simplistic design, enabling the average roofing crew to install the shingles using a nailgun. The Powerwall is a great aspect of Tesla's system, as it offers backup energy for times the grid may be down. Tesla's product integrates with the company's Powerwall, a home battery system that is included with the Solar Roof. Timberline Solar will offer consumers an alternative to Tesla's Solar Roof, a similar product that involves installing solar tiles across a home's roof as a low-key green energy source. GAF says it plans to "rapidly" increase the product's availability, but it doesn't have any additional details on that at this time.
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