Tesla Solar Roof System

To begin in 2018.

Tesla solar roof system. Solar roof replaces your existing roof and brings it to life with beautiful solar tiles that can power your home for decades with the energy you produce. I say new but the tesla solar roof has technically been. Solar roof tesla tesla inc. Installations of solar roof will begin in the u s.

Tesla does not suggest ordering an all solar roof. This summer and we expect installations outside the u s. Tesla has deployed a rare solar roof system for under 30 000 after incentives as it accelerates deployment of the new solar product. The tesla solar roof is a building integrated photovoltaic bipv product that takes the functionality of solar panels and integrates it into roof shingles.

Tesla and solarcity developed a solar roof system that integrates the solar cells and modules inside the structure of the roof rather than just panels on a roof. Solar tiles cost 42 per square foot while non solar costs 11 per square foot. The tesla solar roof provides both a roof covering and a photovoltaic solar system in a single package. Integrating both lets tesla tap into the money typically allocated for a traditional roofing.

A home with tesla roof shingles installed would have both a protective and complete roof and the capacity to generate solar energy but without installing solar panels as well.