Dive Brief:

• Tesla Energy has updated its website to provide more information about its commercial and utility scale products, Electrek reports. 

• The new design includes a Design Your Powerpack System page with pricing information and an option to directly order a system of up to 54 Powerpacks (5.4 MWh), totaling $3.2 million and excludes installation. 

• Tesla says its Powerpack storage devices can be used for peak shaving, as well as for microgrids and even for utility-scale grid integration.

Dive Insight:

Tesla Motors’ unveiling of its Powerwall battery storage system last year moved energy storage into the mainstream. It also launched a flood of competitors eager to ride the wave that Tesla created. Companies such as Sonnen and JuiceBox Energy quickly moved to steal a march on Tesla and compete on pricing.

Some competitors claimed a cost advantage over Tesla because their systems included components not included in Tesla products.

Those claims could be more difficult to make now that Tesla, for the first time, has made public details about pricing for its commercial energy storage product. 

The website includes details of some of Powerpack grid interface products, such as bi-directional inverters, controllers, software, and combiners for joining multiple Powerpacks together.

For instance, the smallest order that a customer can place is for two Powerpacks with a pricetag of $47,000 each or $94,000, according to the website. Adding a single bi-directional inverter along with cabling and siting software rounds it out to $162,000, excluding installation. 

Tesla says the system can be used for several different applications, including demand response, peak shaving and even for microgrid installations and utility-scale grid integration.