EGEB: Puerto Rico 100% renewables by 2050, $130M for solar research, and more
In today’s EGEB:
- Puerto Rico sets goal for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.
- The Department of Energy announces $130 million in funding for a solar research project.
- The Environmental Working Group sees a path to 100 percent renewable energy in the U.S.
Puerto Rico is currently considering Tesla’s plan for a series of microgrids, says govt official
Tesla ramped up its effort to help Puerto Rico get power back after its grid was ravaged by hurricanes last month. They quickly started shipping Powerwalls, their home energy storage solution, and we reported that they started shipping Powerpacks, their bigger commercial and utility-scale battery packs, last week.
But Puerto Rico is also looking to rebuild its electric grid longterm and Tesla had its own suggestion about scaling its microgrid technology using batteries and solar power.
A government official now says that they are indeed considering the solution and thinking about launching a competitive bidding process.
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Tesla starts shipping Powerpacks to Puerto Rico
Elon Musk said last week that Tesla would accelerate its effort to help bring power back to Puerto Rico after sending a few hundred Powerwall battery packs to the island where the electric grid was destroyed by hurricanes last month.
Now we learn that Tesla is indeed stepping it up with now a new shipment of Powerpacks.
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Elon Musk and Puerto Rico Governor to talk today about ways for Tesla Energy to rebuild destroyed grid
As we reported yesterday, Elon Musk brought up the possibility for Tesla could rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid with batteries and solar.
It has now led to the CEO securing a talk directly with the US territory’s Governor who seems more than enthusiastic about the prospect of Tesla having a role to play in the reconstruction of the island’s grid.
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Elon Musk says Tesla could rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid with batteries and solar
After Puerto Rico was hit by two hurricanes back to back in just a few weeks, along with other islands in the Caribbean, most of their power grid was completely destroyed. Tesla quickly started quietly shipping Powerwalls there to try to get power back on to some houses with solar arrays.
Now CEO Elon Musk says that Tesla could rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid with batteries and solar on a bigger scale.
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