Puerto Rico children's hospital gets solar and battery power from Tesla

Solar array at San Juan's Children's Hospital (photo by Tesla)

In the wake of two hurricanes (Maria and Irma), the San Juan's Hospital del Niño (Children's Hospital) in Puerto Rico was struggling for power when relying on two generators and diesel rations. Now Tesla has installed a large array of solar panels and batteries which are enough to supply the needs of the hospital which cares for up to 3000 children.

Elon Musk says this is the ‘first of many’ similar projects that Tesla will set up on the island. The company will therefore create a series of microgrids with independent solar power. Maybe this approach is viable for disaster prone areas as large scale electricity networks are costly and time consuming to restore.

For more information see:

Struggling Puerto Rico children's hospital gets solar power from Tesla, from abcNews, 25 Oct, 2017.

Tesla turns power back on at children's hospital In Puerto Rico, from The Two-Way, 25 Oct, 2017.