Dive Summary:

• The West Texas military base Fort Bliss announced its latest solar plan to build the U.S. military’s largest solar energy farm, Gen. Dana Pittard, Fort Bliss’ commander, said Friday.
• Fort Bliss will become “net zero” installation by 2018, which means the fort will generate all the 65 - 70 megawatts of energy it uses.
• The entire Army plans to produce 1 gigawatt of power from renewable energy sources by 2025. That's a tenth of its total energy consumption, enough power for 250,000 homes.

From the article:

"It’s the first time the Army has partnered with a local utility on a renewable energy project of this size — about 94,000 solar panels. El Paso Electric will select the developer, and construction is expected to begin by the end of 2014 and finish a year later.

The final cost will be determined after proposals are submitted to the utility.

BJ Tomlinson, Fort Bliss’ renewable energy and sustainable engineering program manager, said it would cost roughly $120 million."