Empowered by Light

Exciting news from Caguas, Puerto Rico! Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico just got a major solar upgrade — and it means their programs can keep running strong, no matter what happens with the island's power grid.

Thanks to a coalition of partners — Empowered by Light, Twende Solar, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, SnapNrack, HomeGrid Batteries , Community Through Colors, and OneEnergy Renewables, and installed by GenEra, L3C — we added 44 540-watt photovoltaic panels and 18 4.8 kWh batteries to their existing system. The Centro de Apoyo Mutuo now runs on a total of 36 kW of solar power backed by 120 kWh of battery storage, giving them full energy independence for the first time.

That means programs like Super Solidario, a community supermarket, and Compras Solidarias, a monthly food support for 300 families, can keep feeding people without grid interruptions.

When the lights go out, Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico stays on. That's the power of community.