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rebuild better

5-6 min.

Hurricanes wiped out Puerto Rico’s power grid, creating an opportunity to rebuild with cleaner modern technologies. But financial and institutional barriers stand in the way

15/May/2018

Puerto Rico struggles back from the brink

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