The military
seems to be leading the Congress when it comes to alternatives.
http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/1010_energy/http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65002New Task Force to Promote Energy Initiatives
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2011 – A new task force to stand up by mid-September will take the Army’s energy initiatives to the next level with a goal of getting 25 percent of the Army’s power from renewable sources by 2025, Army Secretary John M. McHugh announced yesterday.
The Energy Initiatives Task Force for Large-scale Renewable Energy Projects will build on efforts already under way at Army installations worldwide, McHugh said at theGovEnergy Conference in Cincinnati.
The Army already has 126 renewable projects, he noted, including a major solar project at Fort Irwin, Calif., that, once completed, will stretch across an area the size of Manhattan in New York.
“We think we’ve made a great start,” he said, citing initiatives that include microgrids, solar and natural gas. “But to meet our longer-term objectives,” he added, “we have to do better.”
…http://www.army.mil/article/54433/army-looking-at-installations-for-pilot-net-zero-program/?ref=news-environment-title1Army looking at installations for pilot 'Net Zero' program
April 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 6, 2011) -- The Army will announce April 19, which posts have been selected to participate in the Pilot Army Net Zero Installation initiative, part of a program to conserve energy, water and waste worldwide.
A Net Zero installation is one that produces as much as it uses over the course of a year. The Army goal is to have by 2020, five Net Zero Energy installations, five Net Zero Water, five Net Zero Waste, as well as one or more installations that are Net Zero in all three categories to serve as models for all Army installations.
"We are identifying installations as candidates for our Net Zero pilot programs to communicate their journey and efforts to reduce energy, water and waste demands," said Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment.
Aggressive conservation and efficiency efforts as well as use of renewable technologies like solar panels are to help installations meet the Net Zero Energy goals, according to Hammack.
…http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=63548Green Initiatives Support Energy-Savings Concept
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 – Last week’s groundbreaking for a new solar micro grid at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., is the latest example of a military “going green” -– saving environmental resources and taxpayer dollars, too.
The 1-megawatt facility, to become operational later this year, will provide one-third of the power for the nation’s largest Army Reserve training post, and ultimately it will save $1 million in energy costs annually, Addison D. “Tad” Davis IV, command executive officer for U.S. Army Reserve Command at Fort Bragg, N.C., told American Forces Press Service.
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Davis said he’s seen the military make huge strides in energy conservation. A decade ago, as Fort Bragg’s garrison commander, he introduced the Army’s first installation-wide sustainability program.
Costs largely drove that decision. “As the installation commander for the largest populated military installation in the world here at Fort Bragg, I had the checkbook, and I had to pay the energy bill and the water bill every month,” he said.
… You see, the military (unlike Congress) can read the writing on the wall.
Remember the capital’s coal plant?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Power_Plant#Controversy
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