Dive Summary:
- The United States Army has announced its plans for three renewable energy projects before the end of the year; the Army is working toward a goal of 1 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2025.
- The Army also has plans for a 20-megawatt solar project at Fort Bliss in California that will be integrated with a micro grid and offer complete energy security.
- This past October, the Army and the Hawaiian Electric Company signed a memorandum of understanding to lease the Army enough land to build and operate a 52-MW biodiesel plant in Hawaii.
From the article:
At the same time, the Energy Initiatives Task Force — the Army’s one-stop office for implementing large-scale projects at its installations — and the Army Corps of Engineers are evaluating industry responses to the multi-award task order contract (MATOC) RFP issued last year. The Army intends to rely on the MATOC to procure $7 billion worth of renewable energy — using solar, wind, geothermal and biomass technologies — through power purchase agreements lasting up to 30 years.
The Army this week said it plans to announce awards under that procurement before the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2013, with all awards completed by the end of the calendar year, according to the office of the assistant secretary for installations, energy and environment. ...