{"id":14325,"date":"2020-05-03T08:23:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14325"},"modified":"2020-05-03T08:51:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:51:27","slug":"tesla-applies-for-license-to-generate-power-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14325","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Applies For License To Generate Power In Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2.52967426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2.52967426.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2.52967426-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Tesla has applied for a licence to generate electricity in the UK, documents show.<\/p>\n<p>The US company is mainly known for its electric vehicles but also has operations in battery energy storage and solar panel and solar roof tile manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>The application, made to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority by Tesla Motors Co., does not specify the reasons for seeking a licence.<\/p>\n<p>It was filed on Tuesday and signed by Evan Rice, Tesla energy products sales director.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla created one of the world\u2019s largest lithium-ion batteries for the Australian state grid in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive Elon Musk had said his company would develop the 100-megawatt battery within 100 days of contracts being signed at the end of September, and if it failed to deliver on time he would hand the battery to the South Australia state government for free.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-14325\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14325&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-14325\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14325&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-14325\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14325&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=14325\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla has applied for a licence to generate electricity in the UK, documents show. 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