Elon Musk made an offer to Puerto Rico to rebuild its electric grid primarily based on solar power and batteries. Governor Ricardo Rosseló responded favourably.

Currently, the island imports and burns oil to generate electricity. Puerto Ricans have been paying exorbitantly high electric bills for years.

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Tesla has built solar energy grids for islands before, such as Kauai in Hawaii. However, that island’s population is about 70,000 people. Puerto Rico has 3.4 million residents.

Musk has previously stepped into other energy crises around the world. In July, he promised to deliver the world’s largest lithium ion battery to help communities in South Australia that have been suffered from power shortages.

More: theguardiansofdemocracy.com