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After Puerto Rico was hit by two hurricanes that destroyed their power grid, Tesla quickly started shipping Powerwalls there to try to get power back to some houses with solar arrays. Now, Elon Musk says that Tesla could rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid with batteries and solar on a bigger scale: “The Tesla team has done this for many smaller islands around the world, but there is no scalability limit, so it can be done for Puerto Rico too.”
The thing is, those systems are reliant on power lines for larger communities and devices, like solar panels and wind turbines, which are still subject to problems with natural disasters. For example, some of Puerto Rico’s solar and wind farms were badly damaged by the recent hurricanes, which contribute to their current power outages. he advantage of Tesla’s solution is that it has the potential to be distributed, which increases the odds of at least some systems staying online or bringing some back online quicker.
The thing is, those systems are reliant on power lines for larger communities and devices, like solar panels and wind turbines, which are still subject to problems with natural disasters. For example, some of Puerto Rico’s solar and wind farms were badly damaged by the recent hurricanes, which contribute to their current power outages. he advantage of Tesla’s solution is that it has the potential to be distributed, which increases the odds of at least some systems staying online or bringing some back online quicker.