Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, more familiar as Gitmo, the site of one of America’s most notorious military prisons, is installing its first major solar energy array. The new photovoltaic system may not do much to clean up Gitmo’s image or improve conditions for those incarcerated there, but it will generate enough clean energy to help reduce the use of diesel fuel.Currently, almost all of the electricity for Gitmo is supplied by diesel generators.
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