Puerto Rico has achieved significant progress in its sustainable future, with the first supermarket on the island to adopt Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) solutions. The Solar and Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico (SESA-PR) has reported that Puerto Rico has reached 680 MW of distributed solar, triple the amount of two years ago, and 1.6 GWh of residential-sited batteries represents the “largest untapped virtual power plant” in the world. The association’s chief policy officer, Javier Rúa-Jovet, credits the progress to Puerto Rico’s “professional, well-informed” transmission and distribution utility Luma Energy, and a good regulator. The storage is being added each month with a battery attachment rate of 100% and an average of 1.2 batteries per system. Meanwhile, Puerto Rico’s newly launched battery emergency demand response program has created the first virtual power Plant in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
