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#puerto Rico: Microgrids
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Oct 26 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Puerto Rico's Bankrupt Utility Company,
. . . $9 billion in debt,
. . . It's diesel generators, are located in the southern part of the island,
. . . while most of the demand is in and around the city of San Juan in the north.
. . . That means the island’s grid has to rely on high-tension transmission lines,
. . . that traverse Puerto Rico’s mountainous interior.
Think of the existing grid,
. . . (and most other conventional grids),
. . . as a string of old-fashioned Christmas tree lights,
. . . when one goes out,
. . . they all go out.
In a modern, distributed grid,
. . . a series of microgrids are connected to each other,
. . . but if one goes out,
. . . the others keep right on doing what they are designed to do,
. . . which is provide electricity to local customers.
The island is considered an ideal candidate,
. . . for a more distributed grid arrangement, with many
. . . small solar power plants,
. . . feeding local microgrids,
. . . fortified with battery storage,
. . . to keep the electricity flowing.
Tesla and sonnen are not waiting around for
. . . negotiations to proceed and contracts to get signed.
Tesla has rushed an entire system of solar panels, and
. . . Powerpack battery storage units to the island,
. . . to provide local power to the Hospital del Niño in San Juan.
Sonnen, which already has experience building more than
. . . 21,000 microgrids of all sizes around the world,
. . . is also pushing forward with plans,
. . . to bring its technology to the beleaguered island.
10-26-2017 Source: #Puerto Rico: Microgrids
. . . $9 billion in debt,
. . . It's diesel generators, are located in the southern part of the island,
. . . while most of the demand is in and around the city of San Juan in the north.
. . . That means the island’s grid has to rely on high-tension transmission lines,
. . . that traverse Puerto Rico’s mountainous interior.
Think of the existing grid,
. . . (and most other conventional grids),
. . . as a string of old-fashioned Christmas tree lights,
. . . when one goes out,
. . . they all go out.
In a modern, distributed grid,
. . . a series of microgrids are connected to each other,
. . . but if one goes out,
. . . the others keep right on doing what they are designed to do,
. . . which is provide electricity to local customers.
The island is considered an ideal candidate,
. . . for a more distributed grid arrangement, with many
. . . small solar power plants,
. . . feeding local microgrids,
. . . fortified with battery storage,
. . . to keep the electricity flowing.
Tesla and sonnen are not waiting around for
. . . negotiations to proceed and contracts to get signed.
Tesla has rushed an entire system of solar panels, and
. . . Powerpack battery storage units to the island,
. . . to provide local power to the Hospital del Niño in San Juan.
Sonnen, which already has experience building more than
. . . 21,000 microgrids of all sizes around the world,
. . . is also pushing forward with plans,
. . . to bring its technology to the beleaguered island.
10-26-2017 Source: #Puerto Rico: Microgrids
