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  Q&A: Quakes pose a new threat to Puerto Rico’s grid, but PREPA expects power to be restored to all customers in days

  From our Editorial Team

  At least 45 earthquakes shook Puerto Rico over several days in early January, leaving behind collapsed buildings and a crippled electric grid. As of publication, approximately two-thirds of the island’s 3.2 million customers remain in the dark. The temblors severely damaged Guayanilla Power Plant in the southern region, which generated more than a quarter of […]

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  The seven key takeaways from CREF 2019

  From our Editorial Team

  With 500 attendees, 100 speakers and three days of panel discussions and workshops, it’s hard to distill CREF 2019 into a few paragraphs. But some critical themes emerged—along with a broad sense that we have the know-how, capital and consensus to get things done. We turned to a handful of CREF participants to gather their […]

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  4 ways to kickstart the Caribbean Blue Economy in 2020

  From our Editorial Team

  The 2nd Blue Economy Caribbean signaled just how far the market has moved since 2018, and how far it still has to go. To shift the paradigm—everything from policy to budget priorities, business strategies to finance tools—mindset must shift first. Among some stakeholders, a lack of understanding around how natural ecosystems can contribute to economic […]