Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) founder Elon Musk says the home and office batteries his company unveiled last week will create “a fundamental transformation of how the world works.”
And Canada will be part of that transformation — just not until 2016.
Ontario’s NRStor Inc. and Opus One Solutions Energy announced May 5 they are partnering with Tesla to bring the Powerwall energy storage device to Canada.
Tesla’s Powerwall is a 1.3-metre tall rechargeable lithium-ion battery that will tap into solar panels to generate and store power in commercial and residential spaces.
The wall-mounted devices can be stacked on each other for further energy storage, which Musk said would allow users to store enough solar-generated power to get off the grid of utilities companies.
While Opus One specializes in smart grids, NRStor is an energy storage developer. The duo plans to have the first pilot units running in Canada by the fall before opening to a wide market at the beginning of 2016.
Tesla said its 10 kilowatt-hour model would run for US$3,500 while its seven kilowatt-hour model would cost US$3,000.
A representative from NRStor Inc. and Opus One said the companies do not yet have Canadian pricing available to share.
Inquiries to the companies were not returned immediately.
