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Tesla Powerwall powered 44,000 homes in Puerto Rico during latest grid outage

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Tesla Powerwall was powering 44,000 homes in Puerto Rico during the latest island-wide grid outage due to a hurricane. The post Tesla Powerwall powered 44,000 homes in Puerto Rico during latest grid outage appeared first on Electrek. The number of Powerwalls on the island is much higher than expected.

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Tesla Opens Its First Store In Puerto Rico

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Tesla has opened its first store in Puerto Rico, El Nuevo Día reports. The showroom opened in the Plaza Las Américas shopping center in the capital city of San Juan. This marks Tesla’s first official physical point of sale in the US territory, the article noted. If you are in the area, you can find […].

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First off-grid solar-powered EV charger deployed in Puerto Rico in wake of rising natural disasters

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Puerto Rico is getting its first off-grid, 100% solar-powered EV chargers as the rising number of natural disasters pose a threat to the territory’s vulnerable grid. The post First off-grid solar-powered EV charger deployed in Puerto Rico in wake of rising natural disasters appeared first on Electrek.

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MBL begins first test of tropical seaweed farming for biofuels production

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A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson, associate scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, has installed the first seaweed farm in Puerto Rico and US tropical waters. Puerto Rico has stable warm temperatures and ample sunlight year-round, as well as a wide range of exposure to prevailing winds and waves.

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Historic Step: All Fifty States Plus D.C. & Puerto Rico Greenlit to Move EV Charging Networks Forward, Covering 75,000 Miles of Highway

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President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $5 billion to help States install EV chargers along interstate highways Coming next: Federal funding to install community-based EV chargers WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced it has approved Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans for all 50 States, the District (..)

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Altairnano to provide 2MW Li-ion storage system for solar project in Puerto Rico

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will provide a 2MW ALTI-ESS Advantage advanced energy storage system to provide ramp-rate control for smoothing the power fluctuations associated with photovoltaic applications in addition to frequency regulation for the San Fermin 26 MW photovoltaic solar farm in Loiza, Puerto Rico. Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.

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First 35 State plans to build out EV charging infrastructure approved; more than $900M in FY22 and FY23 funding

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The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the approval—ahead of schedule under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program ( earlier post )—of 35 Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Deployment Plans from States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.