Digital signage and display technology firm Planar has announced Carl Cummings as regional account manager for Southern California and Nevada and Andy Hermann as regional account manager for Colorado, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, according to a press release.
After Hurricane Maria devastated the island, residents launched community-based solar projects to keep the lights on. Activists call it an "energy insurrection."
Six years after Hurricane Maria crippled Puerto Rico s antiquated electrical grid, residents are embracing energy resiliency and renewables on their own terms. The mainland should take notice.
By creating a microgrid with other local businesses on the grid, including a bakery, hardware store, and pharmacy, Adjuntas could gain energy security during emergencies, all while starving the fossil fuel industry by unplugging those with the highest energy demands.