US Department of Defense Plots Renewable Energy Takeover
The Pentagon is expanding its renewable energy efforts to include grid-wide decarbonization as well as on-site renewable resources.
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Energy Insecurity
One of the lessons that countries are learning from the current war in Ukraine is that centralised power generation creates energy vulnerability, and therefore energy insecurity. In a despicable move against the civilians of Ukraine, Russia has targeted energy infrastructure. Wars have been fought over access to energy sources for … [continued]
Every 4 Minutes, Another American Home Or Business Goes Solar
If you missed yesterday’s Solar Summit at the White House, we have the whole rundown for you, including this little nugget: every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar. No, for realz. That’s a direct quote from the Solar Summit fact sheet. However, apparently that four-minute mark is … [continued]
Lonely Fort Huachuca Wind Turbine Gets Solar Love
Fort Huachuca’s lone wind turbine is about to get some solar company, and plenty of it. The Army has just announced that groundbreaking is set next week for a massive solar installation that will provide about 25 percent of the facility’s electricity needs when it is completed later this year. … [continued]
US Air Force Scores Biggest Ever Military Solar Power Plant
It looks like the Air Force wins the week in terms of military renewable energy projects. The biggest military solar power plant in the US has just been completed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, a 16.4 megawatt installation that is expected to save about $500,000 in electricity costs … [continued]
Mission Possible: Winning The War Against Climate Change
Originally published on the Mosaic blog by Boyd Arnold Starting today Mosaic investors will have the opportunity to invest in a 12.27 megawatt solar installation on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst — the first joint Air Force, Army, and Navy base in the continental United States. Solar panels will be secured on rooftops of … [continued]
For Price Of Iraq War, US Could Power Half Country With Renewables
From Le Grist (yes, I took it upon myself to change their name): Discussions of how to respond to climate change often involve Very Large Numbers — the needed investments to transition to a fully renewable energy system are in the hundreds of billions. The brain sort of shuts down when it … [continued]
US Army Blows Away The Renewable Energy Competition
We’ve been noticing for the past few years now that the Army, Navy, and Air Force have been in hot competition to see which branch of the armed services can install the most renewable energy, with the Coast Guard and Marine Corps also involved. Well, it looks like this week’s … [continued]
Marines & Army Duke It Out Over Portable Solar Power
In the legendary competition between various branches of the Armed Services, the one being played out right now is probably a first. The Marines and the Army have each embarked on ambitious portable solar power programs that demonstrate just how far solar energy has come since the flower power era. As for … [continued]
U.S. Special Forces In Afghanistan Give You 5 Good Reasons To Support Solar Power
U.S. Soldiers have been using solar power in the Afghanistan war for a couple of years now, with everything from solar backpack kits to large stationary arrays. One project especially worth noting is a group of ten 28-kilowatt hybrid solar/diesel generators that have been deployed for Special Forces Soldiers in remote outposts. When … [continued]
