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Puerto Rico assured that by 2050 it will use 100% renewable energy to cover its electricity demand

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Puerto Rico. The results of the first year of the PR100 study were recently shared, an investigation that is responsible for documenting the step by step that the island makes in its commitment to cover its electricity demand with 100% renewable energy by the year of 2050.

The precedent of this comes from 2019, when the Puerto Rico Public Energy Policy Act (Law 17-2019) was approved, which seeks to reduce the use of fossil fuels, minimize gas emissions and support initiatives focused on mitigation.

In addition, said regulation "create the parameters that will guide a resilient, reliable and robust energy system, with fair and reasonable rates for all classes of consumers.

The PR100
The "Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study" (PR100) is an investigation being conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Electric Grid Implementation Office, in the company of six national laboratories, which seeks to comprehensively analyze stakeholders-driven pathways to clean energy. whose final results are expected to be published by the last months of this 2023.

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The study is part of a broader agenda of support for Puerto Rico's energy planning.

In the partial results delivered recently (on January 23) on the one-year anniversary of the investigation, it stands out as an important achievement that the development of feasible scenarios is framed for Puerto Rico to achieve its goals, "with provisional objectives of 40% by 2025, 60% by 2040, the gradual elimination of coal-fired generation by 2028, and a 30% improvement in energy efficiency by 2040."

In addition, in the conclusions of this delivery it was ensured, thanks to the data studied that the researchers found "that the renewable technical resource in Puerto Rico significantly exceeds the current and projected total annual loads until 2050." Which is excellent news in light of this country's goals.

Finally, it should be noted that the PR100 study includes "solar energy, wind, hydroelectric, marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy, ocean thermal energy and combustion of biofuels derived solely from renewable biomass".


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