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Call for climate actions in Puerto Rico

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Wallace Broecker, one of the first scientists to declare that polluting human actions caused climate change died recently. In 1975, Broecker embraced the term "global warming" in a publication for Science, where he showed that high carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the use of fossil fuels increase the Earth's temperature. Puerto Rico is vulnerable to global warming, associated with extreme droughts and intense hurricanes in the Caribbean region. This is one of the findings described by the local and international scientists in the Caribbean chapter of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4). Almost 50 years after Broecker warned about the need to mitigate global warming, climate change is not a topic that is given sufficient priority in the political scene in Puerto Rico. This must change.

Puerto Rico at the mercy of climate change

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This is the first part of a series of two articles.

Global warming is no longer  a problem of the future, is already part of our everyday lives. A month ago, NASA released a report that found  the average temperature of the Earth's surface in 2018 was the fourth hottest in 140 years of records.

Project Sunroof in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 4 February 2019 - 9:37pm

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The work of the community-based organization Casa Pueblo in favor of renewable energy and energy independence have led them to become the face of Google's Project Sunroof, a tool created to calculate the potetial of solar roofs around the world.

 

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Casa Pueblo wants half of the energy produced in Puerto Rico to be solar by 2027

Submitted on 19 October 2018 - 8:48pm

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Casa Pueblo, a grassroots and community-based organization in Adjuntas has developed an initiative called "50% con Sol", which aims for half of the energy produced in Puerto Rico to be sourced from the sun by 2027.

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Researchers present their vision for the future of electric infrastructure in PR

Submitted on 1 August 2017 - 1:09pm

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Professors and researchers of electric power systems and power electronics presented their collective and personal vision of a sustainable energy future for Puerto Rico; hoping this strongly supported input would steer the decision-making process. The proposal includes distributed rooftop photovoltaic systems, solar communities, and microgrids, combined with effective demand response programs and energy storage, to transform the electric infrastructure in Puerto Rico.

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On their way to discover Costa Rica's success

Submitted on 12 October 2016 - 1:35pm

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Students from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus will travel to Costa Rica as part of an undergraduate course to learn from Costa Rica's successful renewable energy system. 

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Puerto Rican engineers transform the water heater

Submitted on 20 August 2016 - 12:29am

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Puerto Rican engineers and entrepreneurs Sheilla Torres and José Lebrón will launch Sunne Heater, a one piece solar water heater that is entirely designed and manufactured in Puerto Rico.

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Profesores del RUM abogan por nuevas oportunidades energéticas en Puerto Rico

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Varios profesores del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez se destacan entre los expertos que abogan por la inclusión de recursos renovables como medida para reducir el impacto ambiental y la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles.

Turabo University Team Represents Puerto RIco in Wind Energy Competition

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The Juracán Energy Team of Turabo University is the only team from Puerto Rico to participate in the Collegiate Wind Competition of the U.S. Department of Energy. 

You can learn more about the competition here.

New opportunity to develop energy projects

Submitted on 2 March 2016 - 10:36pm

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Now more than ever, with the economic crisis, it is important to look towards the future and develop projects that contribute to the sustainable development of Puerto Rico. For this reason, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and the organization Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción (MPA) established an alliance to offer young individuals the opportunity to kick-off and implement renewable energy projects. 

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