7/19/2023 1 Comment Elon musk puerto rico micro grids![]() ![]() So what happened to all the tesla solar and the microgrids that were supposed to mitigate prolonged outages while also pushing the island towards 100% renewables? The Tesla solar initiative was dead as early as 2018, as this article in the Huffington Post made clear: Given the island’s recent history, it would be credulous to take the governor’s word for it. The governor has said that power should be returned in a matter of days, but he’s also admitted many of the downed lines have yet to be checked. The culprit: Hurricane Fiona, only a category 2 storm when it made landfall on Puerto Rico. According to reports, yesterday morning, most of the island’s inhabitants woke up without power. Well, five years have passed, and it seems the pessimists might have been right. They were feel good stories about getting the power back on in old folks homes, Elon Musk’s genius and how such ingenuity could mitigate the consequences of climate change on PR and in the rest of the world. Media outlets highlighted Tesla’s micro-grid and solar initiatives, which were received by Puerto Rico’s governor with open arms. In particular, much attention was paid to the territory’s grid renovation efforts. The hurricane was a tragedy, but tech ingenuity and a new found urgency would keep a similar disaster from happening again. On the surface, corrupt Puerto Rican officials were to blame, but a closer look revealed the root cause: American imperialism. Then there were the articles about the administrative negligence that left Puerto Rico so unprepared for the event, and subsequently doomed the island to a painfully slow recovery. Puerto Ricans were early victims of climate change, but we all shared the same fate. Ultimately nothing could be done to undue, mitigate, or even adapt to the new hostile climate. First, that this was just a little taste of our future on a warmer planet. When I think back to the media coverage surrounding the disaster, I remember three angles that most stories fit into. The destruction, and shameful recovery effort, sent many Puerto Ricans packing for the mainland. There was an estimated 100 billion in damages and thousands died. Following landfall, all 3.4 million residents were left without power and power wasn’t fully restored until more than a year later. Although it didn’t suffer the same degree of physical damage as some countries, the fallout on Puerto Rico was especially bad because of the island’s large urban populations and old, cumbersome grid system. The storm thrashed the lesser antilles, U.S. All Rights Reserved.Hurricane Maria landed half a decade ago. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. Last November, Tesla acquired energy firm SolarCity for $2.6 billion. In July, he promised to deliver the world's largest lithium ion battery to help communities in South Australia that have been suffered from power shortages. Musk has previously stepped into other energy crises around the world. However, that island's population is about 70,000 people. Tesla has built solar energy grids for islands before, such as Kauai in Hawaii. Related: Elon Musk promises world's biggest lithium ion battery to Australia Several told CNNMoney this week that a monthly electric bill can easily go for $250. ![]() Under that antiquated system, ordinary Puerto Ricans have been paying exorbitantly high electric bills for years. Right now, the island imports and burns oil to generate electricity. Do you want to show the world the power and scalability of your #TeslaTechnologies? PR could be that flagship project," Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló tweeted Thursday night.Ī Tesla-powered system would be a complete reversal for Puerto Rico's energy grid. ![]()
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