The municipality will install solar panels and battery storage on its police headquarters as part of a $16.9 million national energy efficiency program. #NewsismyBusiness
The 430 megawatt system is aimed at improving the island grid’s reliability. #NewsismyBusiness
Over the past three years, Sunnova has worked diligently to provide clean, affordable energy to its customers in Puerto Rico.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday that rural agricultural producers and small business owners across the mainland and Puerto Rico can now apply for resources to purchase and install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements.
Solar power is red-hot these days. Yet this clean, dependable and economical energy source still has plenty of room to grow in Puerto Rico where solar homes are few.
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Executive Director Juan Alicea outlined Wednesday a strategy the agency has set off to reduce the cost of electricity on the island to 16 cents per kilowatt-hour in five years by diversifying fuel sources for power generation.
With the intention of promoting the development of alternative renewable energy sources, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla signed three executive orders Tuesday that establish an orderly plan that will gradually replace Puerto Rico’s high dependence on fossil fuel energy sources and set the rules for the use of new energy alternatives for the island.
California-based solar franchising company Solar Universe announced Wednesday the opening of its first international franchise in Puerto Rico by local entrepreneurs, Luz and William Rodríguez.
Top executives from Pattern Energy, owner and operator of the 101.2 mega-watt wind energy facility in Santa Isabel, met Monday with Economic Development and Commerce Secretary, Alberto Bacó, and other top Puerto Rico administration officials to reiterate its commitment to the island’s renewable energy agenda.
One year after announcing the start of construction of Puerto Rico’s largest solar farm in Guayama, AES Ilumina, LLC and government officials witnessed Monday the start of operations of the $96 million clean energy production project that will sell all of its output to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
The public and private sectors have pumped more than $23 million into renewable and energy efficiency ventures in the Mayagüez region over the past three years, financing green energy projects for 2,344 homes and retroffiting of efficient lighting and air conditioning systems in area businesses, Energy Affairs Administration Interim Executive Director Juan Carlos Díaz said.
The Puerto Rico Planning Board announced over the weekend the approval of a pair of renewable energy projects in the municipalities of Isabela and Morovis that will continue diversifying the island’s energy sources.
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