SunCrate: Portable Solar Power Generation

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Eleven months since their three-building school was first plunged into darkness by Hurricane Maria, 140 students in Puerto Rico’s picturesque Yabucoa district have reliable power. Resilient electricity service was provided to the SU Manuel Ortiz school through an innovative scalable, plug-and-play sunshine-to-energy module pioneered by SunCrate Energy with Black & Veatch support. Known as a “SunCrate”, the unit is an effective mitigation measure to back up the traditional power supply from the grid. The SunCrate can also provide sustainable power in the face of ongoing system outages and future natural disasters without requiring diesel fuel.

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YABUCOA, PUERTO RICO
GROUND ZERO FOR HURRICANE MARIA

Giovannia Granja Garcia | Home Owner, Yabucoa
"The hurricane was a very sad and painful experience for all of us."

THE AREA HAS STRUGGLED TO RECOVER FROM THE CATEGORY 5 STORM, WHICH DEVASTATED THE ISLAND’S POWER GRID.

Benedicto Gomez Rodriguez | Home Owner, Yabucoa
"Horrible. But thank God, after the storm, the effects – half the town was damaged, but I’m alive."

ON THE CUSP OF A NEW HURRICANE SEASON, THE SU MANUEL ORTIZ SCHOOL RECEIVED A RELIABLE, ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY.

Rosa Marte | Principal, SU Manual Ortiz
"We currently have the blessings of having these companies which have donated this great project consisting of solar panels for our school. Not just for us as a school, but so that whole community can benefit from this project."

SUNCRATE IS A PORTABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM USING SOLAR PV PANELS, INVERTERS AND BATTERIES TO STORE AND PROVIDE POWER.

Charles Moseley | Program Director, Black & Veatch
"The beauty of the SunCrate is that we can roll it out very quickly. And our hope is that we are going to be able to contribute to the transformation of the Puerto Rican power grid."

Anna Aponte | English Teacher, SU Manuel Ortiz
"This system will help us be more resilient in the way that we’ll be self-sufficient, and we will use the system in a special project we are planning to do this school year."

Bonifacio Rodriguez | Science Teacher, SU Manuel Ortiz
"The children will learn about renewable energy through the use of the solar panels. They will directly get to know what it consists of, how it works, and what can be achieved with it."

THE SUNCRATE DONATION WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR PARTNERS:
SunCrate
Canadian Solar
Tesla
Lloyd Electric Co.

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