After Months Without Power, One Puerto Rico School Ditches Grid

摘要

High in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, a school that's been without power for five months since Hurricane Maria has given up on the island's utility. Classrooms at the SU Matrullas school in Orocovis are now entirely powered by solar panels and battery storage systems supplied by Sonnen GmbH and local developer Pura Energia. It comes after the school's utility, bankrupt Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, has failed to restore electricity for more than a million people since the storm destroyed its grid, plunging the island into darkness.