US EditionTrump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles
The U.S. Energy Department redirected $350 million from solar projects to grid stability efforts amid concerns that rapid solar growth threatens Puerto Rico's electric system reliability.
- The Trump administration canceled solar projects worth millions of dollars in Puerto Rico, citing potential threats to the reliability of the energy system from a push for 100% renewable energy.
- The U.S. Energy Department stated that the rapid deployment of rooftop solar has created unacceptable instability and fragility in Puerto Rico's grid.
- One of the canceled programs would have financed solar projects for 150 low-income households on the island of Culebra, which is part of a $1 billion fund created by Congress to boost energy resilience in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
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New York, Jan 22 (EFE). – The Hispanic Federation, which brings together a hundred organizations serving the Latino community, condemned Thursday the cancellation of the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund (PR-ERF) by the federal government, eliminating up to $350 million for solar power facilities for low-income households on the island and demanding their restoration.
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Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is canceling solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid.
The U.S. government cancelled millions of dollars worth of solar projects in Puerto Rico, at a time when the island is dealing with chronic blackouts and a ruined power grid. The projects were intended to help 30,000 low-income families in rural areas of the U.S. territory as part of a transition to renewable energy, a plan that is now fading. In an email obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. Department of Energy stated that a push under th…
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