The surge in residents at Guantanamo Bay (from 2,500 to 10,000 in the past three years) has driven up energy needs for the self-sufficient U.S. Navy base that is a small slice of Cuba.
The LA Times (free registration required) reports that four new windmills and turbines, producing 950 kilowatts of electricity apiece, will soon replace diesel generators as the base’s primary source of energy. The need to be water self-sufficient drives extensive desalination operations on the base, creating the need for all that wind power.
Now if the war on terrorism could only extend that drive for energy independence to the mainland as well!
