Tesla starts expanding its massive solar array at Gigafactory 1

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https://electrek.co/2018/08/20/tesla-solar-array-expansion-gigafactory-1/

Tesla aims to build what could become the largest rooftop solar system in the world to power Gigafactory 1 in Nevada.

After months of inactivity, the company finally started expanding its massive solar array system at the battery factory.

Tesla has the ambition to eventually power the factory entirely from renewable energy and in January 2017, they announced that they have plans for a giant 70 MW rooftop array, which would be the largest in the world by a wide margin.

The company wrote at the time:

“GF1 is an all-electric factory with no fossil fuels (natural gas or petroleum) directly consumed. We will be using 100% sustainable energy through a combination of a 70 MW solar rooftop array and solar ground installations. The solar rooftop array is ~7x larger than the largest rooftop solar system installed today.”

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