Category: Puerto Rico
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Podcast 026: Ana Sophia Mifsud – Her story from ground zero – Shaping the energy future of Puerto Rico with microgrids
Listen in or read the transcript as Ana Sophia Mifsud of the Rocky Mountain Institute takes host Bill…
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Podcast 025: Roy Torbert – Can tapping people power shape a local energy revolution in Puerto Rico?
Listen in or read the transcript as host Bill Nussey interviews Roy Torbert of RMI about their work…
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Podcast 024: After Maria – How microgrids are helping schools in Puerto Rico stay open during outages
Listen in or read the transcript as host Bill Nussey travels to Puerto Rico to talk with teachers,…
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Puerto Rico after Maria: From generator island to a solar microgrid revolution (part 2)
In the aftermath of Hurrican Maria, Puerto Rico was left in darkness for months. Many communities responded by…
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Six months without electricity – stories from Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria (part 1)
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept 20, 2017 and resulted in the worst blackout in American History.…
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Puerto Rico shines a bright light on the shortcomings of the world’s electricity infrastructure
On August 7, 2018, an untrimmed tree fell on an electrical transmission line in Puerto Rico, leaving 130,000…
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Three steps that will help Puerto Rico’s grid survive the next hurricane
On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma hit Puerto Rico and left a million people without power. Two weeks…
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Why are the lights still out in Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico has become an island of generators. Almost 10 weeks after Hurricane Maria tore across the island,…