Tesla files for $10.1B ‘Project Crystal Sun’ solar factory in Texas
Tesla files for $10.1B ‘Project Crystal Sun’ solar factory in Texas

Tesla has filed for a $10.1 billion solar cell factory in Fort Bend County, Texas, under the codename “Project Crystal Sun,” according to a tax-incentive application posted by the Texas Comptroller.
The filing pegs the plant at 9,712 permanent jobs, ro…

Tesla starts Megapack 3 production with 28% more energy per unit
Tesla starts Megapack 3 production with 28% more energy per unit

Tesla has started building its next-generation Megapack 3 grid battery, with the first units rolling off the line at the company’s new Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas.
The plant went from groundbreaking to production in 16 months and is designed to bu…

Tesla buys 90% of a 509 MW Arizona solar and storage project
Tesla buys 90% of a 509 MW Arizona solar and storage project

Tesla has signed a long-term deal to buy 90% of the output of Project Sterling, a big solar and battery plant going up in Arizona.
The project pairs 509 MW of solar with a 360 MW battery, and it’s being built by ContourGlobal, the power producer owned …

Tesla buys the entire output of a new 140 MW Texas solar farm
Tesla buys the entire output of a new 140 MW Texas solar farm

Tesla has signed a long-term power purchase agreement to buy the entire output of a 140-MWac solar farm being built in northeast Texas.
The plant, called Lumen Farm, is being developed by Zelestra, an EQT-backed renewable developer. Construction is exp…

Tesla swapped a solar owner’s lease contract for the Book of Enoch
Tesla swapped a solar owner’s lease contract for the Book of Enoch

A Tesla solar customer went to pull up their lease agreement in their Tesla account this month and found something other than a contract waiting for them: the Book of Enoch, an ancient apocalyptic text about fallen angels.
Not a scanned copy of their a…

Tesla launches ‘Tesla Home’ with Opticaster AI to cut power bills
Tesla launches ‘Tesla Home’ with Opticaster AI to cut power bills

Tesla has launched Tesla Home, a home energy management platform powered by an AI engine called Opticaster that it says makes “hundreds of decisions” a day about when to store and use electricity to lower your bill.
However, it’s not an entirely new pr…