The Weekly Journal
Summary
As part of the island's rebuilding efforts, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working in partnership with a national laboratory and two local universities to support the design of resilient energy systems for Puerto Rico.
There are many outcomes from the research that emerge through these collaborations, such as workforce development, community engagement, and the refinement of tools and data. On the RUM campus, for example, the team led by Erick Aponte Bezares, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering evaluated the feasibility of microgrids to support rural energy systems.
Meanwhile, the contribution of the AGM-Gurabo from January 2021 to the present is focused on educating people about the opportunities provided by microgrids and guiding them through the initial stages of their design.
For example, after seminars offered by the university on microgrids and solar-based systems, residents of Brisas del Torro in Cayey developed a proposal for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Resilience Program, which was successful and will now help fund a microgrid in that community.
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