The Daily Populous

Wednesday December 6th, 2017 day edition

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As part of Tesla’s continuous effort to deploy energy storage systems in Puerto Rico following their power issues after being ravaged by hurricanes, the local government has now announced that the company will deploy 6 new battery projects on two Puerto Rican islands.

Several additional larger scale projects are also reportedly in the works.

Tesla will combine its Powerpack systems with existing solar arrays on the islands of Vieques and Culebra in order to run microgrids until the main grid connected with underwater cables comes back online.

Tesla was apparently able to quickly deploy the batteries with full inverter and Powerpack systems on Vieques, like the one seen on a trailer above.

Puerto Rico’s governor, Rosselló Nevares, commented on the announcement (via local radio 1320):.

Those projects follow Tesla deploying a solar+battery system at a hospital in Puerto Rico just over a month ago.

It was also reported that Puerto Rico was considering Tesla’s plan for a series of microgrids to help bring back power on a larger scale. »

Terry Crews Sues WME Agent Adam Venit for Sexual Assault

Authored by variety.com

Terry Crews has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against WME agent Adam Venit in regards to Crews’ claim that Venit groped him at a Hollywood party in February 2016.

The lawsuit alleges that Crews alerted Adam Sandler, who was at the party and is represented by Venit, by yelling, “Adam, come get your boy!

It adds that Crews told his agent at WME of the alleged incident, and met with WME chairman Ari Emanuel. »

Amazing Mimicker - The Superb Lyrebird

Authored by awesomestories.com

That special pet was a lyrebird who was able to mimic certain phrases of the flute-player’s music.

After a few years, the farmer released his pet bird into the adjacent forest of New England National Park (which features a "lyrebird walk").

Thirty years or so later, Neville Fenton - a park ranger in the New England National Park, near Dorrigo - recorded a singing lyrebird. »