The rural and mountainous community of Castañer will have a solar energy microgrid that will provide uninterrupted power to small businesses that provide essential goods and services to the population. The project will include the installation of solar energy and battery storage for small businesses, organizers said. The initiative, funded by a grant awarded to […]
The Puerto Rican Solar Business Accelerator, a program run by nonprofit The Solar Foundation, recently selected the Castañer community to develop an energy microgrid under the US Economic Development Administration’s Community Microgrid pilot program. Castañer is an agricultural community that is isolated and lacking in resilient energy. Due to its location, this community — which borders […]
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