US Military Microgrids Aim For 54.8MW Capacity By 2018
Microgrids that integrate renewables, EVs, and demand response technologies could reach 54.8MW capacity across global U.S. military installations by 2018.
Army (US)
Army Shuffles Fleet But Will Congress Stack the Deck?
The rise of fuel efficient cars has been getting a lot of press lately, and the U.S. Army is not getting left behind in the dust. The Army is on track to decrease fossil fuel consumption in its non-tactical vehicles by 17 percent by the year 2020, which beats the original goal of … [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]
Hail, Caesar! New JCESR Projects Aims For Revolution In EV Battery Research
The Department of Energy has announced a major new initiative designed to rocket the U.S. EV battery industry into global leadership, vastly improving the prospects for average car buyers to wrap their hands around the steering wheels of affordable, long-range EVs some time in the not too distant future. … [continued]
Army Corps of Engineers Transforms Old Warehouse into High Tech Showcase
It looks like the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) gets bragging rights to one of the most energy-efficient office buildings in the entire country. The USACE Seattle District has just moved into its new headquarters, formerly the site of a 1940’s-era warehouse. Originally host to a nondescript, one-story sprawling box … [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]
SwRI To Demonstrate Use Of EVs As Part Of Backup Power Microgrid Under US Army…
The United States Army Corps of Engineers awarded a team including the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) a $7 million contract to demonstrate the use of electric vehicles with diesel generators and solar arrays for supplying emergency power. The demonstration project will take place at Fort Carson, Colorado. The team … [continued]
U.S. Military To Congress: Dude, Where’s My Biofuels?
Sometime within the next several weeks, Congress will take up the National Defense Authorization Act and, according to a report by the advocacy organization Environmental Entrepreneurs, this could be a make or break deal for the Department of Defense’s ambitious biofuel programs. The group has raised concerns that the Department of Defense’s … [continued]
SolarCity Brings 21st Century Energy To 1850’s Army Base
Solar industry powerhouse SolarCity has just announced that its largest ever military project will go to power 4,700 homes at Fort Bliss in Texas and the White Sands Missile Range just across the border in New Mexico. At a total of 13.2 megawatts, the installation is SolarCity’s biggest military project to … [continued]
Sandy Is The Next War, According To Army Sustainability Report
In an eerie bit of timing, last week the U.S. Army released a major document called Sustainability Report 2012. Eerie, because the release came just as Hurricane Sandy roared into the mid-Atlantic states and brought about the most devastating coastal flooding ever seen in that region. Coming on the … [continued]
