--- title: "Tesla is Officially Restoring Power to Hospitals in Puerto Rico" description: "Elon Musk's efforts to bring electricity back to Puerto Rico has finally proven successful. A local children's hospital had its power restored." date: "2017-10-24" modified: "2017-10-24" authors: - name: "Dom Galeon" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon" url: "https://futurism.com/tesla-is-officially-restoring-power-to-hospitals-in-puerto-rico" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "energy storage" - "powerwall" - "puerto rico" - "tesla" --- # Tesla is Officially Restoring Power to Hospitals in Puerto Rico ![]() *\Image: \U.S. Navy/Flickr\\* The first of Elon Musk's solar energy-Powerwall projects has successfully restored power to a local hospital in Puerto Rico, [according to a tweet from Tesla earlier today](). Hospital del Niño, a children's hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is among those working with Musk. The Tesla CEO and founder offered [to provide a few hundred energy storage batteries]() to facilitate the Carribean island's efforts to restore energy after its grid was devastated by Hurricane Maria. Hospital del Niño is first of many solar+storage projects going live. Grateful to support the recovery of Puerto Rico with [@ricardorossello]() [pic.twitter.com/JfAu11UBYg]() — Tesla (@Tesla) [October 24, 2017]() Tesla isn't the only one working to return electricity to Puerto Rico. [A similar effort]() is also being made by a two-year-old company from Montana called[ Whitefish Energy](). The company signed a $300-million contract with Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority to complete infrastructure work that will provide energy to key industrial facilities needed to kick-start the island's disrupted economy. Puerto Rico has taken a rather unique approach to restoring power after Hurricane Maria. Instead of rebuilding the existing energy grid, [government officials seek to redo it altogether](). The move has [drawn flak from both experts ]()and members of the U.S. Congress, particularly with regard to the use of relief funds. Tesla's success with the Hospital del Niño, however, proves that a combination of renewable energy and storage batteries is an effective and efficient way of providing much needed power to disaster-struck areas. ### Author social links [LinkedIn]() [Twitter]()