Puerto Rico’s solar energy insurrection
At the end of the hurricane season in 2017, Hurricane Maria completely wiped out Puerto Rico’s decaying energy grid.
But the destruction has provided the rare opportunity to radically transform the island’s electrical system into one of the most advanced the world has ever seen: the power grid of the future.
Quartz explores Puerto Rico’s investment in solar energy and alternative solutions to the conventional energy power grid as the country rebuilds and reinvents infrastructure.
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