The Puerto Rico Solar Energy Companies Accelerator (AEESPR, in Spanish), part of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), will develop a 75KW energy microgrid through the installation of photovoltaic panels that will be placed on the roofs of several establishments in the urban center of the town of Maricao. This project will benefit several facilities, […]
Puerto Rico’s restaurant industry took a $398 million hit in sales during 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions were in full force, reaching $1.6 billion, a report released by Puerto Rico Restaurants Association (ASORE, in Spanish) showed. The 2020 results were 20% down from the $1.9 billion reported for 2019. The study also showed that in the […]
El Portal de El Yunque has reopened nearly five years after Hurricane María destroyed it, following an $18.1 million investment by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The recovery project has “a new focus on collaborative management with non-governmental organizations and broader community integration,” the agency stated. The project, which took 30 months to […]
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