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Climate change may scuttle Caribbean's post-hurricane plans for a renewable energy boom

  • Written by Masaō Ashtine, Lecturer in Alternative Energy, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

Puerto Rico lost electricity again on April 18, seven months after Hurricane Maria first knocked out the island’s power grid. For people in some remote rural areas, the blackout was more of the same. Their power had yet to be restored.

The dangerous fragility of Puerto Rico’s energy systems has put other Caribbean countries on high alert...

Read more: Climate change may scuttle Caribbean's post-hurricane plans for a renewable energy boom

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