Sep 30, 2011 - Fort Bragg expects to save more than $1.5 million in energy costs each year as it renovates aging buildings, according to a report that highlighted Department of Defense energy initiatives.
Fort Bragg is one of several installations mentioned in the 88-page report released last week entitled "From Barracks to the Battlefield: Clean Energy Innovation and America's Armed Forces" from the Pew Charitable Trust.
Fort Bragg officials, who started their efforts last year, have made 30 buildings more energy efficient, according to the report. Another four buildings will be renovated this fiscal year.
The efforts are part of a larger, Department of Defense-wide attempt to conserve energy and accelerate clean energy innovation.
According to the report, Department of Defense clean energy investments increased 300 percent between 2006 and 2009, from $400 million to $1.2 billion, and are expected to exceed $10 billion annually by 2030.
The Pew report focuses on three areas of clean energy technologies: vehicle efficiency, advanced biofuels and energy efficiency and renewable energy at bases. read more>>>
September 29, 2011 - The United States Department of Defense (DOD) is using desert military bases to develop microgrids and test emerging smart grid technologies with the hope of spurring smart grid innovation, according to an agency official. Many of the DOD microgrids are being built at military facilities in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts in the Southwest U.S., according to Dorothy Robyn, deputy under secretary of defense for installation and environment. She said since the army has some of the biggest facilities in the country, many which model commercial buildings, the military is an ideal guinea pig for new energy technologies. read more>>>
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