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Re:Puerto Rican Hospitals Battle Life and Death Daily by pera on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:47PM (#15412465)
Solar energy could be a good temporal solution for this kind of disasters:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-puertorico-solar/how-...

The military probably have a lot of experience deploying solar energy infrastructure in places with complex accessibility.

Re:Puerto Rican Hospitals Battle Life and Death Daily by astrodust on Thursday October 05, 2017 @05:56PM (#15412868)
Afghanistan was a testbed for this technology because remote bases were often extremely expensive to maintain if running off of generator power. The cost of fuel was astronomical since it had to be ferried in by helicopter.
Re:Puerto Rican Hospitals Battle Life and Death Daily by greglindahl on Friday October 06, 2017 @01:44AM (#15414674)
I have a friend who sells containerized solar+wind+battery power systems, which is pretty handy in places where there's no grid. But still, given that PR does have a grid, repairing it plus sending in diesel for hospitals/cell cites is probably more cost-effective than sending in containerized solar now.
Re:Puerto Rican Hospitals Battle Life and Death Daily by wyldfire on Thursday October 05, 2017 @06:08PM (#15412933)
Your favorite vendor-of-the-future is on the case [1].

[1] https://www.ecowatch.com/tesla-batteries-puerto-rico-2490950...