Login
About
Subscribe (FREE TRIAL)

Markets
Cities
Business
Policy
Science
Opinion
Photo essays
Print magazines
Reports & books

Login
About
Subscribe (FREE TRIAL)

Topics
- Markets
- Cities
- Business
- Policy
- Science
- Opinion
- Photo essays
- Print magazines
- Reports & books

resilience

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

Tags

2050, agriculture, apple, Architecture, Australia, autonomous mobility, autonomous vehicles, AUVs, aviation, Avinor, AVs, AWEA, batteries, battery, battery challenge, battery storage, battery technology, behavioural change, big business, Big Data, Bioenergy, biofuel, Biofuels, biogas, biomass, biomethane, black carbon, blade waste, blades, Blockchain, BP, business, business strategy, C40, California, California Public Utility Commission, cap and trade system, capacity, capacity auction, car batteries, carbon, carbon capture and storage, carbon credits, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, carbon neutral business, carbon pollution, carbon price, carbon pricing, carbon sink, carbon tax, carbon trading, carbon-neutral, carbon-neutrality, CAVs, CCS, CCUS, CEER, CELSIUS, CEM9, cement, change, cheaper lending to green projects, chemicals, cimate change, circular economy, circular funding, citizen power, City Planning, Clean Arctic Alliance, clean electricity, clean energy, clean energy economy, clean energy for all, Clean Energy for All Europeans, clean energy legislation, Clean Energy Ministerial, clean energy solutions, clean energy transition, clean mobility, Clean Planet for All, clean power, clean tech business, clean transport, climate action, Climate Action 100+, Climate Adaptation, climate ambitions, climate and environment, Climate Bonds Initiative, climate challenges, climate change, climate change mitigation, climate change policies, climate goals, climate impacts, climate innovation, climate investment, Climate Mitigation, climate neutral, climate neutral economy, climate neutrality, climate policies, climate policy, climate risk, climate strategy, climate targets, Climate-KIC, CO2, CO2 emissions, coal, coal power, coastal protection, combined-cycle gas turbines, connected and autonomous vehicles, consumer electronics, cooling system, Copenhagen, corporate PPAs, cost data, cost of generation, Council of European Energy Regulators, crude oil, cryptocurrency, CSR, customer transparency, cut emissions, cyber security, cyber-attack, Danish architecture, Danish Energy Association, data, data centre, data centres, decarbonisation, Decarbonisation Pathways, decarbonised energy consumption, decarbonised energy production, decentralisation, decentralised energy production, deep renewables, Demand response, development, digital age, digitalisation, digitisation, discoms, disruption, disruptive innovation, distributed generation, district cooling, district heat networks, district heating, DNV GL, DoE, drainage system, DSO, DWEA, e-mobility, E3G, economy, ECT, EEPR, electric aviation, electric car, electric cars, electric flight, electric grid, electric infrastructure, electric mobility, electric planes, electric power, electric utilities, electric vans, electric vehicles, electrical vehicles, electricity, electricity distribution company, electricity grid, electricity market, Electricity market design, electricity network, electricity storage, electricity supply, electrification, electrification of transport, emissions, emissions gap, emissions reductions, Emissions trading, emissions trading systems, Energiewende, Energise Africa, Energy, energy agreement, Energy Charter Treaty, energy consumption, energy demand, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Directive, energy efficiency measures, energy efficiency standards, energy efficinecy, energy goals, energy industry, energy investment, energy market, energy markets, energy performance, energy performance of buildings, energy policies, energy poverty, energy regulation, energy renovation, energy saving initiatives, energy savings, energy sector, energy security, energy storage, energy storage market, Energy System, energy technology, energy transformation, energy transition, Energy Transitions Commission, energy-efficient mortgages, energylab, ENTSO-E, environment, environmental impact, environmental protection, EOR, EU climate and energy targets, Eurelectric, European Commission, European Network of Transmission System Operators, evolving power system, EVs, facebook, fair transition, FC4S, Finance, financing trends, flash flood defence system, flexibility, fossil free economy, fossil fuel, fossil fuel import, fossil fuels, fossil gas, fossil-fuel kerosene, fuel consumption, fundamental transformation, gas, gas grid, gas heating, gas infrastructure, gender diversity, gender gap, gender inequality, Geneva Service Industries, Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, global emissions, global transition, global warming, google, Government action, government subsidies, government support, green bonds, green cities, green energy, green finance, green financing, Green Future, green gases, Green Growth, green house gas emissions, green investment, green power, green supporting factor, green transition, greenery, greenhouse emissions, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas reduction, grid capacity, grid flexibility, grid frequency, grid management, grid operators, grid services, grid storage, grid support service, grid tariffs, grid-connected, guarantee of origin, Guarantees of Origin, HABITAT, heat and power plant, heat pumps, Heat Roadmap Europe Project, heat storage, heating sector, heating technologies, heavy fuel oil, heavy metals, HFO, hybrid, hydro storage, hydrogen, Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen gas, Iberdrola, IEA, IMO, impact investing, India, India National Institute of Wind Energy, Industry 4.0, infrastructure, innovation, insulation, integrated flexible energy system, interconnection policies, interconnectors, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Energy Charter, International Women's Day, Internet of Things, interview, investment, investment assets, investments, investor, IoT, IPCC, IRENA, IT security, just transition, key takeaways, Kutxabank, Latino Environmental Advancement and Policy Institute, Lazard, legislation, li-ion batteries, lithium-ion battery energy storage system, LM Wind Power, low carbon economy, low carbon technology, low tariffs, low-carbon, low-carbon fuel, low-carbon investment, low-carbon subsidies, Marianne Holmer, marine fuel, marine robots, market structure, Mars, McKinsey, micro-grid, micro-grids, mining, Natural gas, natural gas vehicles, NCEW, need for investment, negative emission, NER300, net-zero 2050, net-zero emissions, network design, network expansion, New Climate Economy, Nissan, Nordhavn, Nordic Clean Energy Week, Ocean Energy, offshore energy, offshore renewables, Offshore wind, oil, oil spill, onshore wind, opportunities, outdoor training, packaging, Paris climate agreement, personal emissions, petrochemicals, photo essay, photovoltaics, plastic, Policy, policy change, policy framework, policy makers, pollution, power, power demand, power grid, power plant, power purchase agreements, power supply, power supply improvement, power system, power system operator, power-generation, PPA, PPAs, Pricing, progress in technological hardware, protection plan, PV, rabalder skate park, rainwater, RE1000, rebuild better, recyclable materials, recycling, refurbishment, Regulatory Assistance Project, REN21, renewable electricity, Renewable Energy, renewable energy auctions, renewable energy certificates, renewable energy industry, renewable energy investment, renewable energy reserve, renewable energy sources, renewable energy supply, renewable energy system, renewable energy target, renewable energy targets, renewable gas, renewable power, renewable technology, renewables, renewables trading, Renovate Europe Day 2018, renovation, repowering, reservoirs, residential heating, resilience, resource, resource consumption, reusing energy, revenues, rooftop, rooftop solar, ROVs, Samsø Energy Academy, SDG 7, seagrass, self-driving cars, SEPA, shared data, sharing knowledge, shipping, Siemens, SIG, Smart Cities, smart city, smart energy, Smart Grid, smart meter, social justice, software, solar, solar energy, solar panels, solar photovoltaic, solar power, solar projects, solar PV, space, special report, stationary batteries, steel, storage, storage system, storage technology, storage tecnology, stored electricity, subsidies, sulphur, sulphur cap, supply, sustainability, sustainable architecture, sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable energy, sustainable energy mix, sustainable finance, sustainable fuel, sustainable in a generation, sustainable investment, sustainable material strategy, sustaining innovations, synthetic kerosene, system operator, system operators, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure, technology, Tender models, tenders, the arctic, the Arctic Ocean, The case examined, the Club of Rome, the energy sector, the EU, the European Commission, the Faraday Grid, The Green Raiteros, the IEA, the IEEFA, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, the International Maritime Organisation, the North Seas Energy Cooperation, the Paris climate agreement, the Solar Energy Corporation of India, the World Green Building Council, trading platform, transition, transmission grid, transmission grid services, transport, Transport & Environment, transport sector, TSO, UN City, UNEP, United Nation's shipping agency, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, University of Southern Denmark, urban design, urban planning, utilities, V2G, value, vanadium-flow batteries, variable supply, vehcile-to-grid, vehicle-to-grid system, vernacular buildings, Voluntary Agreements, volvo, waste, waste management, wate-to-energy, Water, Water Management, wholesale energy market prices, wholesale energy prices, wind, Wind Energy, wind farms, wind industry, Wind Power, wind turbine, wind turbine blades, wind turbines, wind-solar-hybrid, WindEurope, women in STEM

FORESIGHT Climate & Energy

FORESIGHT Climate & Energy is the essential read from Denmark on the global transition to a decarbonised energy economy — objective reporting on what really matters by expert journalists and writers from around the world.

© 2019 Foresight

Contact
Partners
Advertising
Events
Legal & privacy

Processing...

Thank you! Your subscription has been confirmed. You'll hear from us soon.

SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER

Sign up to the FORESIGHT Climate & Energy Newsletter. Get free opinion pieces and photo essays. You will also be the first to know when new expert articles are published.

Name

ErrorHere

Email *

Welcome to FORESIGHT Climate & Energy. This site uses cookies. OK