Elon Musk says that, if given the green light, he can power Puerto Rico

When Scott Stapf read a story about Puerto Rico’s “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rethink how it gets electricity,” he had a thought: Could Elon Musk rebuild the country’s electricity system with independent solar and battery systems?

So, he posed the question on Twitter TWTR, +2.82% , probably not expecting to get an answer from the man himself.

As Musk says in his tweet, Tesla TSLA, +0.09%  is familiar with what it takes, though on a smaller scale than the one desperately needed in Puerto Rico. Check out this video of how it works on the Samoan island of Ta’u, from the SolarCity blog:

Late Thursday, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricky Rossello expressed his interest, tweeting “Let’s talk” to Musk, saying “PR could be that flagship project.”

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Source: MarketWatch

 

 

 

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