With much of Puerto Rico still without power—almost six months after Hurricane Maria struck the island—German startup Sonnen is offering its $10,000 to $23,000 energy storage systems without charge to about a dozen blacked-out schools, churches, health-care facilities, and community centers. The Sonnen equipment links solar- and battery-powered buildings to distribute energy where it’s needed. The company’s 2,900-house development with Mandalay Homes in Prescott Valley, Ariz., will be the largest virtual power plant of its kind when completed this year. “Sonnen is definitely one of the pioneers,” says Brett Simon, an energy storage analyst at Greentech Media Inc.
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