New solar system strengthens community kitchen in Ponce.

With the installation of a 6-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system along with 19.9 kilowatt-hours of battery storage, the kitchen at El Pesebre now can operate during blackouts and grid failures caused by disasters or the current fragility of the island’s electrical infrastructure. By THE STAR STAFF In a collaborative effort to strengthen community resilience in southern Puerto Rico, the nonprofit organization Empowered by Light has partnered with El Pesebre Inc., Planet Solar and the New Jersey...