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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 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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Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant reaches 244 homes in San Diego

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Tesla has reached 244 homes in San Diego through its VPP program, as shown in a screenshot of the Tesla app posted by one person who was recently accepted into the program (via Sawyer Merritt ). Tesla Energy working to launch virtual power plant in Puerto Rico What are your thoughts?

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

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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.

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US battery storage smashes deployment records in Q4 2023

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For the first time, the grid-scale segment exceeded 3 gigawatts (GW) deployed in one quarter and nearly topped 4 GW. John Hensley, ACP’s vice president of markets and policy analysis, said: Energy storage has unique capabilities to address grid resilience, with the ability to serve as generation, load, and transmission.

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8.5M square feet of US self-storage rooftops are getting solar

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That’s enough solar panels to cover roughly 1,000 of NSA’s self-storage properties scattered across 42 states and Puerto Rico. This setup means energy gets produced right where it’s needed, reducing strain on the grid and cutting down on energy costs for locals. Get started here.

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As Biden heads out, $43.7M goes to 25 EV charging accelerator projects

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The three main goals of the funding are to expand access to electrified mobility options for folks who dont have access to home charging, accelerate opportunities for fleet electrification, and improve and advance managed charging systems to mitigate impacts and optimize usage of the grid. Managed charging for clean reliable energy.

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US smashes solar records in 2023 – but 2024 will bring road bumps [Update]

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It’s the first time in 80 years that a renewable electricity source has accounted for over half of annual capacity additions to the grid. Fourteen states and Puerto Rico installed more than 100 MW of new solar capacity in Q3. Hopefully those bottleneck issues will be improved by government sooner rather than later.

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