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At Fort Bliss Army commanders seek to power the base using renewable power sources by 2015; plans include using solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass; military bases around the country are increasingly looking at renewable energy to reduce their carbon footprint and avoid disruption in the event of a terrorist attack
Army seeks to go off the grid at Fort Bliss
Seeded on Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:13 AM EST
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The solar farm would cost roughly $112 million and generate enough power for about 5,000 homes. Fort Bliss is soaked in sun, receiving on average 330 days of sun a year.
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#1 - Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:15 AM ESTCool. Hopefully the technology will be applied in the civilian sector.
and it pays for itself in less than a decade. Unfortunately it is unlikely that it will coming to the private sector soon, too many political maneuvers required to get anything done. Waaay to many politicians committed to keeping oil and coal in the top spot.
I live in AZ and you'd think that utilizing the old firing range as a solar farm large enough to provide power for the entire state would be a reasonable effort. Nope, it took a foreign investor to even start a solar plant here and the state won't see an erg.
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Aside from environmental concerns, the base is pursuing its own renewable energy sources to insulate itself from dependence on an electricity grid could be knocked down for days by a targeted terrorist attack.
...Or when the government goes broke and can't pay the light bill.
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#2 - Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:12 PM ESTthey should tax the non profits that engage in pol stuff, that'd take care of the light bill.
Thinking outside the box, never hurts...
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The solar farm would cost roughly $112 million and generate enough power for about 5,000 homes.
I wish they were spending more money on hardening our critical electronic systems against a pulse attack. Anyone read One Second After yet?
#3 - Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:56 PM ESTThe grid needs hella investment. Time for the electric utilities to pony up.
why would they? they will force local and federal government to pay under threat in inceased prices and then increase prices anyway.
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