Having read a bit about #PuertoRico 's electrical grid woes, I was reminded that decades of #US hostility toward #Cuba has done real damage to its #energy #infrastructure. At the same time, both islands have terrific potential for #renewable energy. Particularly #photovoltaics and thanks to lowering prices for PV cells.
Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on earth
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/as-the-us-starves-it-of-oil-cuba-is-pulling-off-one-of-the-fastest-solar-revolutions-on-the-planet-with-chinas-help/
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