#renewables Vs Hurricane

More than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico:
. . . . . . power,
. . . . . . food, and
. . . . . . water can be tough to find, for nearly,
. . . 80% of the island.

A solar power array, which laid flat on the ground,
. . . remained materially intact.
. . . Solar power systems survived Irma, in Florida and Haiti, and
. . . while Hurricane Harvey cut some Texas power lines,
. . . no wind farms were destroyed.
But, outdated utility rules disabled them,
. . . not high winds.

After Superstorm Sandy hit New Jersey in 2012, more than
. . . 90% of the solar panels survived,
but utility rules required that solar systems tied to the grid,
. . . be shut down to guard against voltage surges,
. . . that could endanger repairmen fixing the power lines.
Homes that should never have lost power, or
. . . should have recovered it immediately,
. . . waited weeks for grid repairs they didn’t need.
But modern power electronics have resolved,
. . . the utilities’ legitimate safety concerns.

10-23-2017 Source:  #Renewables VS Hurricane