Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced the development of six projects that combine solar photovoltaic and Tesla energy storage on the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, where electricity service was interrupted after the passage of Hurricane María.
Intelligent residential energy storage company sonnen, announced the official formation of the sonnen Foundation for Energy Security, which will work with local energy partner Pura Energía to implement microgrids islandwide.
More than two months after Hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico, the island remains in crisis, with hundreds of thousands still without electricity or clean drinking water.
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Fluor Corporation announced the arrival of more than 400 pieces of essential construction and specialty equipment at a shipping terminal in Puerto Rico in support of its ongoing work restoring power on the hurricane-ravaged island.
An environmental and economic justice brigade led by Climate Justice Alliance (CJA), Greenpeace USA, Organización Boricuá (Puerto Rico), Just Transition Alliance and their partners in the “Our Power Puerto Rico” campaign arrived on the island to join just recovery efforts and assess the impact of the Jones Act.
Fluor Corporation confirmed that, working under its contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), it has completed a high priority 38kv power line near San Juan.
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and the Institute for Competitiveness and Sustainable Economics for Puerto Rico called for the Puerto Rico Energy Commission and the federal Fiscal Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico to take control of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
Puerto Rico’s retail sector stands to lose more than $8.4 million if power remains down for more than six months, the Retail Business Association warned Monday.
Over the next several months, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Department of Energy, and private industry will unite to restore emergency power to Puerto Rico’s electric grid, which was heavily damaged by hurricanes Irma and María, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in coordination with the Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, has awarded a $240 million contract to Texas-based Fluor Corporation for the repair of the power grid in Puerto Rico, the agency announced.
Solar provider Sunnova and residential energy storage company sonnen Inc. announced separately on Monday plans to work with Puerto Rico authorities to support efforts to rebuild a more robust energy grid and deliver power to island residents quickly.
It’s been another busy year at Plaza Las Américas, as its management cut overhead, carried out mall upgrades to the tune of $5 million and welcomed new stores while others closed.
The Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Ricardo Ramos-Rodríguez, aired a laundry list of structural and operational problems plaguing the island’s main energy provider, while outlining plans to face the peak of this year’s hurricane season.
A group of professors and researchers of electric power systems presented their “collective and personal vision of a sustainable energy future for Puerto Rico” to Judge Laura Taylor-Swain, who is overseeing the island’s debt restructuring, and the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico.
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