. Fiona was the first hurricane to have directly hit the island since Maria.
Victor Santana said that his electric bill has gone down considerably and that he even received a $600 credit last year for producing more energy than he consumed.Santana and 20 other families in his University Gardens neighborhood came together to make the transition to renewables with the help of, a nonprofit group that promotes more energy sustainability and helps make the process less costly.
More than 45,000 rooftop solar systems have been interconnected into Puerto Rico's electric grid over the past two years, more than in the previous decade,Ingrid Vila, the president of CAMBIO, said the Puerto Rican government is claiming"as its own achievement that many individuals have made the transition to renewables, when in reality it was something they did on their own.""But that's not most people," Vila said.
An additional $1.3 billion will be used to develop microgrids, including one to power Centro Médico, the island’s main hospital. In December, Congress approved $1 billion in additional funding to install rooftop solar and battery storage systems in 40,000 homes in the most impoverished, low-income communities on the island.
Deoliver47 Thank you for covering this!
I wonder how the solar panels stand up to hurricanes
I do not believe a large number of Puerto Ricans want solar energy. Sorry. Nice try.
It’s as old as the Garden of Eden with this energy issue until the robbery comes to a halt then the island will prosper,that’s coming from a Puerto Rican that’s right I said it 👌