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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 million customers in the dark during holiday celebrations.

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An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island

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Instead of a website or brochure, he directed me to a private Facebook group where he maintained a meticulous archive of old maps, news clippings and personal photographs of artifacts he found on the island: a creamy conch shell with a hole drilled through it, the ornamental handles of a broken urn.

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A Girls’ Trip to Costa Rica. But With No Phones, Did It Happen?

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She added that FTLO’s phone-free trips this year, which start at $1,699 and also head to Iceland, Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico, are in strong demand. There were also dozens of howler monkeys perched atop mangroves swaying in the wind, and one night, a man who was absolutely shredding on the guitar at a beachfront bar.

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Republican districts lose billions as clean energy cancellations surge

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But most of that came from just one company GE Vernova pouring more than $120 million into wind, solar, and electric grid manufacturing in Texas, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida. Job numbers have also fallen, from 116,450 to 115,900 across 42 states and Puerto Rico. Get started here.