An anti-blackout storage system: Tesla Powerwalls power homes in Puerto Rico

Seeing an opportunity even in disasters. This is one of the best qualities of Tesla, the company of Elon Musk that is innovating more and more radically every aspect of our life.

In 2017 the company had recently created its own energy division and its domestic battery pack, the now known Powerwalland he jumped at the chance to both help the region of Puerto Rico, hit hard by Hurricane Maria, both to show his new product in real conditions. Musk decided to concentrate all the production capacity of the newborn energy sector in assembling products to be shipped to the island in order to provide electricity both during network repair work and in the event of future blackouts.

Not only that, Tesla has subsequently implemented a number of systems Powerpack on the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra for a sanitary sewage treatment plant, the Arcadia Water Pumping Station, the Ciudad Dorada Seniors Community, Susan Centeno Hospital and the Vieques Boys and Girls Club, as well as providing a solar system + battery in a hospital in Puerto Rico.

A year after the hurricane, the Texan company had it underway 11,000 energy storage projects in the affected areas, which have now become 44,000 Powerwalls present in as many homes in Puerto Rico.

The island had no peace this year either, when she was the victim of another catastrophic event that occurred in September, finding himself with a electrical network not yet fully functionalbut being able rely on Tesla’s battery packs, which were able to deliver the required energy.

Storage systems have become commonplace, giving other companies in the sector the opportunity to offer and sell their products.