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Puerto Rico just got $1.2B in DOE financing to boost its grid with solar + storage

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billion in financing to replace Puerto Ricos fossil fuel plants with solar and battery storage through 2032. The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $1.2

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Scuderi Group to build and to install LPG-powered split-cycle generator with compressed air storage capability

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By utilizing the ability to store compressed air energy, the Scuderi engine can capture energy from multiple sources, such as the grid during off-peak hours when the cost is very low, or from alternative energy sources such as wind and solar. Scuderi Group, Inc., —Bill Wrinn. The LPG also acts as a coolant.

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Tesla launches large-scale Virtual Power Plant (VPP) at Puerto Rico

Teslarati

Tesla has announced the launch of a large-scale Virtual Power Plant (VPP) program in Puerto Rico, allowing Powerwall owners to participate in the territory’s Battery Emergency Demand Response Program. Such a network of batteries would likely aid the grid very well.

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Puerto Rico just got $1.2B in DOE financing to boost its grid with solar + storage

Baua Electric

billion in financing to replace Puerto Ricos fossil fuel plants with solar and battery storage through 2032. The DOEs Loan Programs Office announced two conditional commitments and one loan closing to power producers in Puerto Rico. Each supports a project contracted with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

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See the Latest on NEVI 2023

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The ambitious program aims to ensure that EV drivers have access to fast charging along the most frequently-traveled routes, which stretch for 75,000 miles along the nation’s Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs). Under the NEVI program, all states (as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) have access to NEVI formula funding.

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Tesla Energy had a blockbuster 2024

Teslarati

The Powerwall 3 has officially been launched in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.K., GWh of power to the grid. This reduced the need for 2,200 metric tons of fossil fuel peaker plant emissions. From this number, over 100,000 Powerwall batteries have been enrolled in virtual power plant (VPP) programs.

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New Year’s Eve blackout spotlights Puerto Rico’s ‘critical’ need for planned solar + storage

Baua Electric

Photo: Convergent Energy Puerto Rico kicked off 2025 with a harsh reminder of its fragile power grid. New solar + storage for Puerto Ricos grid The flagship project in Coamo will include a 100-megawatt (MW) solar PV system paired with a 55.5-MW Thats like taking the energy use of 335,000 homes off the grid.