Guantánamo goes green

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  A view of the wind turbines at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Oct. 12, 2011. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER BILL MESTA / US NAVY

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  A hazardous waste disposal handler, Paul Grant, instructs Navy Diver 2nd Class Nicholas Barna and Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Christopher Pullon on proper disposal methods of hazardous oil waste utilizing a "pumper truck" during an Oct. 6. 2011 "Oil Spill Response" drill at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in this Pentagon approved Navy photo. NAVY PETTY OFFICER JUSTIN AILES / US NAVY PETTY OFFICER JUSTIN AILES

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  A worker walks along solar panels that are being installed at the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In background is a golf course. MIAMI HERALD / CAROL ROSENBERG

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  The image of the blades of a mammoth wind turbine is reflected in a solar energy panel at the U.S. Navy base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Dec. 8, 2011. CAROL ROSENBERG / MIAMI HERALD

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  A Guantanamo prison camp guard is shown taking a bike to work on May 8, 2011 in this photo put out by prison camps that says some detention center workrs were carpooling and bicycle riding in "an effort to reduce their carbon footprint and save the U.S. military in fuel costs." NAVY PETTY OFFICER JOSEPH EBALO

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  Master-at-Arms Second Class Stanislaw Gromadzki, a Navy cop, is one of two bike patrolmen at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a program that saves $800 a year as part of a bid to reduce the base's fuel use and carbon monoxide emissions. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Justin L. Ailes / US NAVY PETTY OFFICER JUSTIN AILES

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  The base's Public Works department is using 24 solar powered electric mini-vans to cut down on fossil fuel consumption. TERENCE PECK / DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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  A view of the downtown area at the U.S. Navy Base, Guantanamo, on Aug. 12, 2011. Courtesy Photo / NAVY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER BILL MESTA

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  A Florida contractor was installing a solar array behind the high school and adjacent to the golf course at the U.S. Navy base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Dec. 8, 2011 in an experiment intended to power a newly expanding gym with basketball court, weight training and workout machines. CAROL ROSENBERG / MIAMI HERALD

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  A Department of Public Works minivan is recharging on Dec. 8, 2011 at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The base's Public Works department is using 24 solar powered electric mini-vans to cut down on fossil fuel consumption. CAROL ROSENBERG / MIAMI HERALD

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