Tesla reveals solar project at children's hospital in Puerto Rico

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After Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico’s power grid, leaving millions of people in the dark, the island’s governor Ricardo Rosello initiated talks with Elon Musk to help restore electricity using Tesla technology.

Now, the electric car-maker has revealed the first of its solar and storage projects in Puerto Rico is underway, beginning with a children’s hospital in San Juan.

The move is a step toward building solar-powered ‘microgrids’ throughout the island, which would work independently of the main grid to allow for faster recovery in the wake of future crises.