Benzinga Neuro, Benzinga Staff Writer September 26, 2024 11:50 PM | 2 min read See Also: Putin Ally Who Unveiled Tesla Cybertruck With Machine Gun Last Month Now Says Elon Musk ‘Remotely Disabled’ The Militarized EV Why It Matters: Musk’s recent posts echo his earlier views on solar energy’s potential. In February 2023, he suggested that the amount of solar energy received by Earth could power a civilization 100 times larger than ours. Moreover, Musk has previously highlighted the challenges of scaling renewable energy, particularly the lack of energy storage. He noted in August 2023 that the intermittent nature of wind and solar power makes stationary battery packs at utility scale increasingly important. His company, Tesla Inc, has been actively working on energy storage solutions. In August, Musk announced that Tesla could produce over 700,000 units of its Powerwall 3, a product he termed ‘great’, in a year. Image via Shutterstock