Navy Can’t Prove That Green Energy Projects Save Money

[rangerrebew]

 Navy Can’t Prove That Green Energy Projects Save Money
Posted By Morgan Chalfant On August 30, 2016 @ 5:00 am In National Security | No Comments

The U.S. Navy handed out a $334 million contract for solar power without having a good way to determine whether the project would be cost effective.

The Pentagon’s inspector general recently audited three of the Navy’s large-scale renewable energy projects at installations supervised by the U.S. Pacific Command, finding that federal employees tasked with carrying out cost-effectiveness assessments of these projects did not have the documentation to back up their calculations or conclusions.

The Navy has not provided “comprehensive guidance” for evaluating the cost effectiveness of the six large-scale renewable energy projects in the region, according to the inspector general report issued last week. The Pentagon and the Navy also do not have a “formal written definition” of cost effectiveness for large-scale renewable energy projects.
 

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[thackney]

Being cost effective with these programs was never a goal or even a concern.

[geronl]

They will never save money on that stuff, ever.