Energy Magazine October 2014 | Page 118

Compass Solar Energy
exploring is in the Caribbean .
“ Any time you ’ re on an island country you have to import solar and other fuels — they don ’ t have their own source . What we pay in the states is nothing compared to what they pay in the islands , which is why they don ’ t have a lot of readily available energy ,” Gardner said . “ So , solar is a big opportunity there . We ’ re working on several solar farms right now and that ’ s exciting because there ’ s a niche group of people that are able
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