Elon Musk Doesn't Just Talk of Puerto Rico, He's Busy Fixing their Power Grid

Tesla Motors boss Elon Musk, pictured on April 30, 2015 in Hawthorne, California

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Almost one month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, technology firms like Tesla are stepping in to fill the relief-effort void that many say President Donald Trump has created.

Following through with a pledge by Elon Musk that his company could solve Puerto Rico’s energy crisis with solar panels and batteries, Tesla Powerwall battery packs were spotted at San Juan airport on the island over the weekend.

RawStory:  In Puerto Rico, Tesla is doing what Donald Trump isn’t

The interest in whatever Trump didn't do isn't high but the Rockhouse is fascinated with those Powerwall battery packs.  Not long after Hurricane Maria hit and wiped out the Puerto Rican power grid, Elon Musk made an offer to their governor to fix it for them.


Tesla’s shipment will help homes, businesses, schools and hospitals on the island make use of their existing solar panel installations by providing energy storage. The effort, led by Cal Lankton, Tesla’s vice president of global infrastructure operations, means Rosselló now foresees a relatively rapid recovery for Puerto Rico’s energy crisis.

Rosselló said over the weekend that his aim is for 95 percent of Puerto Rico’s energy grid to be restored by December 15. “This is an aggressive agenda, but we cannot be sort of passive in the face of Puerto Rico’s challenges,” Rosselló said. “We are going to need all hands on deck.

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Aggressive?  Most estimated two weeks ago the recovery of the grid was nearly impossible but now there's a target date for completion and it's soon.


Here's how it went less than two weeks ago:

Today Tesla's batteries are in the airport.


Zen Yogi:  is this a credit for Twitter?

That does seem reasonable, mate, since you see that was the channel they used.