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Is Puerto Rico’s Grid Ready for Hurricane Season?

From our Editorial Team
June 29, 2020
June 1st marked the opening of Puerto Rico’s hurricane season, but it’s just one of many challenges confronting the island’s electric grid. The year opened with massive earthquakes that shut down the Costa Sur power plant, and then a pandemic upended the market and consumption patterns. Despite, or perhaps because of, these disruptions, the Puerto […]
Solar microgrids across Puerto Rico withstand quakes; boost case for distributed generation
January 20, 2020
Solar microgrids installed throughout Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria didn’t lose power when massive earthquakes tore through the island’s electric grid earlier this month. The microgrids, many of which are permanently off-grid, were able to continue operating despite serious damage to transmission lines and power plants. Operators see this as an argument for shifting to […]
Jamaica’s net billing program sees continued growth
October 3, 2019
Jamaica’s net billing facility is growing – signifying a successful growth sector for renewables on the island. Since the 2012 program launch, there are now a total of 800 licenses for net billing that have been issued to power suppliers – seventy since the beginning of 2019. Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Fayval Williams […]
Nicaragua takes steps to build distributed energy market
June 22, 2017
Enatrel, Nicaragua’s state-owned grid operator is conducting a feasibility study for small-sized solar PV and wind power systems. Once assessed, the next steps will be installation of distributed generation for residential, commercial, industrial and government buildings. According to Enatrel, these installations will be able to sell excess power to the local grid. The government is […]
Bahamas prepares to connect small-scale solar PV
March 2, 2017
Bahamas Power and Light is weeks away from bringing rooftop solar PV to businesses and homeowners. During an interview with local radio show, Minister of Environment and Housing Kenred Dorsett said Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is making preparations to connect small scale PV to its electricity grid. “BPL indicated last month that they are […]
Argentina to improve policies for small-scale solar and geothermal
February 27, 2017
Argentina seeks to strengthen its policies for solar PV and geothermal, in an effort to increase its renewable energy and create a local solar industry. A new bill supporting the development of distributed generation is expected to be approved by the lower house in the first half of this year, and coming into effect in […]
Mexico eases path to small-scale solar PV
January 11, 2017
Mexico has launched a guide for the interconnection of power generation systems smaller than 500 kW, outlining the technical and administrative aspects of the process. The Secretariat of Energy (SENER) said Tuesday that the government has also taken measures to simplify the procedures for the connection of distributed generation (DG) systems, such as rooftop solar […]
White Paper on Microgrids and their Role in Transforming Energy Grids
June 24, 2015
A whitepaper released this week by microgridknowledge.com highlights that microgrids are “a key feature of the new clean and efficient electrical infrastructure that is beginning to transform […] energy grids.”