Can Puerto Rico Overcome a Colonial Past to Build a Greener Grid?

Greentech Media
By info@greentechmedia.comNov 6, 2017, 6:00 pm200 pts
On September 20, Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico, destroying its electricity grid. The storm felled half of the cross-island transmission towers. Nine out of 10 back-alley power poles blew down. Every single customer on the island lost power. Amid the wreckage lies an opportunity for Puerto Rico to…

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