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Fort Bliss to launch military’s largest renewable energy project
The largest renewable energy project in U.S. military history is slated to begin soon at Fort Bliss, Texas, a big step toward the installation’s goal of generating all the energy it uses, Army Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard, the installation and 1st Armored Division commander, announced today. The Army Corps of Engineers gave the official [...]
Corps of Engineers completes Army’s largest solar array installation
The largest solar power system in the U.S. Army is coming online at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and officials gathered Jan. 16, to mark the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Energy Savings Performance Contract, or ESPC, project, awarded and managed by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, provides the sprawling desert [...]
White Sands home to Army’s largest solar power system
The U.S. Army dedicated its largest solar photovoltaic system at White Sands Missile Range, Jan. 16, in a ceremony led by Brig. Gen. Gwen Bingham, White Sands commander, joined by Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment. “I came here about four months ago talking about how White Sands is [...]
US grabs lead over China in clean energy race
The United States has regained the lead in the clean energy race, investing $48 billion last year to surpass China, which held the world’s top spending spot since 2009, said a study Wednesday. The US surge in private investment was a 42 percent increase over 2010 and saw Washington maintain its lead worldwide in both [...]
Army to partner with industry for up to $7 billion in renewable-energy projects
The Army will partner with industry for up to $7 billion in renewable-energy sources — wind, solar, biomass and geothermal — and has released a draft request for proposal that could allow multiple projects to begin nationwide. Speaking at a media roundtable March 15, Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy & [...]
Army to field energy-saving systems to deploying BCT
As part of the Army’s Net Zero Operational Energy program, Soldiers from Europe’s 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team learned to operate and maintain multiple hybrid-power management systems. The 173rd, headquartered in Vicenza, Italy, received the specialty training as part of its Mission Rehearsal Exercise, or MRE, to prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The [...]
Renewable Energy: Navy Solar Farm Construction Underway
The Navy made another leap into renewable energy integration Jan. 18 with groundbreaking on a new 118 acre solar farm in China Lake, Calif. Construction of a SunPower Corporation 13.78 megawatt solar photovoltaic power system officially got underway at Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake following a mid-morning ceremony at the sprawling weapons development [...]
Pentagon fair spotlights energy-efficient technology exhibits
Propane and methanol fuel cells, solar-panel collectors and wind turbines are just a few examples of alternative-energy sources on display this week in the Pentagon courtyard. The demos and exhibits were all part of the Energy and Sustainability Technology Fair to show the ways in which the Department of Defense and can reduce consumption of [...]
Task Force seeks $7 billion in energy investments
A new Army task force is trying to convince private industry to invest in solar energy, wind power and other renewable-energy projects on military installations. The Energy Initiatives Task Force was officially stood up Sept. 15 and was discussed Tuesday during an energy-security panel at the 2011 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting [...]
