US Navy Prowls For E-Fuels From The Seven Seas
The US Navy is eyeing e-fuels made from green hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide to sustain seagoing and land-based operations.
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US Army Tests Floating Solar Waters, US Navy Floats Nature-Based Climate Action
Floating solar arrays dovetail with Defense Department’s nature conservation strategies as climate change, land encroachment threaten military facilities.
US Navy Has A $14 Million Stealthy Solar Energy Electric Aircraft Up Its Sleeve
The US Navy is eyeballing solar energy and a hydrogen fuel cell for infinite flight.
250 Million Tax Dollars Spent To Clean Up — Yet Another — Fuel Leak in…
This month, the US Navy appealed an order to drain some leaking underground jet fuel tanks on the island of Oahu, home to Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, and a large military presence. The Sierra Club of Hawaii has been pressing the issue for more than 20 years, citing ongoing leaks of … [continued]
Dear US Navy, Can We Have Some CleanTech From Those Tic Tac UFOs?
“UFOs? This is CleanTechnica, not some crackpot site!” I hear you, but bear with me for a couple minutes real quick. First, I’m going to explain why this isn’t a crackpot topic (anymore), apply some well-deserved skepticism (that doesn’t quite cover all of it), and then show that the United … [continued]
US Navy Orders Two Portable Backup Battery Systems From Northern Reliability
Northern Reliability of Vermont is building transportable battery backup systems to support portable microgrid operations for the US Navy.
Did The US Navy Solve Clean Energy With A Compact Fusion Reactor?
Salvatore Pais, of the US Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), claims to have invented a compact fusion reactor. With a size of between 0.3 and 2 meters (1 foot to 6.5 feet), the patent claims that the device could generate between a gigawatt and a terawatt, while needing far less energy input than it produces.
US Navy Wades In With Another Pitch For Low Cost Renewable Energy
The Trump Administration is no friend to renewable energy, but the US Navy is determined to carve out a safe space for hydrokinetic power.
With Donald Trump As CiC, US Navy Is Caught In Clean Power Crosshairs
President-elect Donald Trump is not such a big fan of clean power, but the Pentagon sure is. That’s especially true of the US Navy. The Department of the Navy has been leveraging its history of maritime innovation to make the case for transitioning to biofuel, solar energy, wind energy, energy storage, energy efficiency, and any other technological edge that can support its position as the most powerful fighting force on the seven seas — and make its bases more secure and resilient, too.
US Navy Deploys Green Power Vs. Oil Power in ISIL Battle
The US Department of Defense has been a main driver of the nation’s transition to renewable energy, but so far its use of biofuel in war machines has been limited to demonstration events and exercises. Now the US Navy is gearing up to deploy its “green” ships and planes operationally.
