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#microgrids Work: As Puerto Rico’S Fails Again
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Apr 24 2018 06:05 PM | eds in Green Energy
Reports from sources on the ground,
. . . show that new microgrids, and nanogrids in Puerto Rico,
. . . proved their worth last week, providing resilient power,
. . . in the wake of an island-wide grid outage, April 18,
. . . when a contractor’s truck,
. . . severed a main utility line.
“We were at one of our donated microgrids in Mariana de Humacao,
. . . when the power went out yesterday,
. . . so we did not realize there was a blackout,
. . . as we had uninterrupted power,
. . . provided by solar and batteries.”
Mariana is a rural, cash and employment-poor town,
. . . in southeastern Puerto Rico.
Most of the town’s residents still lack connection to the island territory’s utility grid,
. . . so there wasn’t much in the way of a reaction to the latest power outage.
“Unfortunately, on returning to San Juan,
. . . we did need to contend with the lack of power.
Most shops, including the large malls, are closed.
. . . All of the stoplights are out.
. . . Some of the hotels that have had reliable generator power,
. . . even directly after the hurricane, were turning people away,
. . . as their generators are beginning to falter, and in need of maintenance.”
4-24-2018 Source: #Microgrids Work: as Puerto Rico’s fails again
. . . show that new microgrids, and nanogrids in Puerto Rico,
. . . proved their worth last week, providing resilient power,
. . . in the wake of an island-wide grid outage, April 18,
. . . when a contractor’s truck,
. . . severed a main utility line.
“We were at one of our donated microgrids in Mariana de Humacao,
. . . when the power went out yesterday,
. . . so we did not realize there was a blackout,
. . . as we had uninterrupted power,
. . . provided by solar and batteries.”
Mariana is a rural, cash and employment-poor town,
. . . in southeastern Puerto Rico.
Most of the town’s residents still lack connection to the island territory’s utility grid,
. . . so there wasn’t much in the way of a reaction to the latest power outage.
“Unfortunately, on returning to San Juan,
. . . we did need to contend with the lack of power.
Most shops, including the large malls, are closed.
. . . All of the stoplights are out.
. . . Some of the hotels that have had reliable generator power,
. . . even directly after the hurricane, were turning people away,
. . . as their generators are beginning to falter, and in need of maintenance.”
4-24-2018 Source: #Microgrids Work: as Puerto Rico’s fails again
