Transforming energy systems is an opportunity to achieve broader social goals as well.
“Arturo Massol-Deyá believes solar panels will bring power to the people of Puerto Rico — in more ways than one.
Massol-Deyá is associate director of Casa Pueblo, a nonprofit that, since 1991, has installed close to 1,000 solar panels on homes and businesses throughout Adjuntas, a small mountainside town southwest of San Juan. Beyond providing cheap, renewable energy, Massol-Deyá hopes a growing network of microgrids will help Puerto Ricans break their dependence on an unreliable electrical system and a colonial governing structure that has plunged the island into debt, cut social services, and denied residents a voice in federal politics.”
“In October, Casa Pueblo finished its most ambitious project yet.”
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