COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fort Jackson was recognized as a leader in green technology in the Midlands for the installation of hydrogen fuel cells as back-up power in three on-post facilities.
The installation was awarded the 2009 Palmetto Pillar Award for Green Technology Initiatives in a ceremony Aug. 20. The award recognizes a Midlands-area green technology-based project and is presented by the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce Information Technology Council.
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 7, 2009) — Out in California, the Army has chosen a developer to build a 500-megawatt solar power plant that will provide Fort Irwin with “energy security.”
Through an enhanced use lease, the Army will hand over about 14,000 acres of Fort Irwin, in the Mojave Desert, to commercial developers Clark Enterprises of Bethesda, Md., and Acciona Solar Power of Henderson, Nev. Together, the two companies form “Irwin Energy Security Partners LLC.”
The proposal submitted by the partnership includes both concentrated solar thermal and photovoltaic technology, with an estimated capacity of up to 1,000 Mw, which exceeds the Army requirement. Clark-Acciona will be responsible for developing the project and for footing the bill for its construction — estimated now at about $1.5 billion dollars. Neither the government, nor the Army, will pay for development of the project, but will instead collect rent in-kind for use of the land it leases to the developer.
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 16, 2009) — The Army will soon be the largest fleet owner of both low-speed electric vehicles and hybrid-electric vehicles.
“That will have significant impact on our fuel consumption at our installations,” said Dr. Kevin T. Geiss, program director for energy security in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment.
Geiss said orders are in now for an additional 800 low-speed electric vehicles, formerly called “neighborhood electric vehicles” by the Army. The purchase is part of a plan to add 4,000 of the LSEVs to the Army over three years. The Army is getting an additional 502 hybrid vehicles for installations as well.
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