Puerto Rico’s first community-owned microgrid

It’s Thursday, March 16, and a rural community in Puerto Rico now has its own microgrid. Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, is celebrating a milestone this week as it completes the final phase in a project to boost its energy resiliency. The community’s 17,600 residents now host the archipelago’s first cooperatively managed solar microgrid — a network of photovoltaic panels and battery storage units that will use renewable energy to keep the lights on and power flowing during a power outage. “This is a first-of-its-kind project,” said Kate Trujillo, deputy director of...