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]
The U.S. military is – perhaps unsurprisingly – one of the driving forces behind alternative fuel sources; after all, not being dependent on potentially hostile foreign countries for vital fuel is a matter of national security. However, in the short term, said alternative fuels are more expensive than standard fossil fuels, and that creates a few problems. […]
In the latest stage of the historic battle between renewable energy and fossil fuels, the U.S. Army has taken the gloves off: Army Secretary John McHugh announced the launch of the Army’s new Energy Initiatives Office Task Force, at the GovEnergy Conference in Ohio last week.
