Puerto Rico 100% renewables by 2050, $130M for solar research, and more

Puerto Rico sets goal for 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. The Department of Energy announces $130 million in funding for a solar research project. The Environmental Working Group sees a path to 100 percent renewable energy in the U.S. Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news. U.S. territory Puerto Rico will soon join a number of states in setting a clean energy goal for its future, as its legislature passed the Puerto Rico Energy Public Policy Act (via Forbes). The act sets a 100 percent renewable energy goal for Puerto Rico by 2050.