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How US military bases became proving grounds for clean energy technology
« on: June 20, 2024, 11:47:27 am »
How US military bases became proving grounds for clean energy technology
BY SAUL ELBEIN - 06/20/24 6:00 AM ET
 
The cost and security advantages of renewable energy are driving their adoption on U.S military bases — a development with significant long-term implications for the civilian market.

The military’s demand for inexpensive, hard-to-disable power for its constellation of bases has driven it to collaborate with civilian contractors in exploring a new generation of “off the shelf” clean tech.


Military bases have played a similar role since the Obama era in helping to “de-risk” other frontier technologies that are now a growing bulwark of the power system — like the once-exotic pairing of solar and wind power with large-scale batteries.

Now, military labs and bases stand out as proving grounds and early adopters of many forms of renewable energy that are promising but still prohibitively costly.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4730423-military-bases-clean-energy-technology/
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Re: How US military bases became proving grounds for clean energy technology
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2024, 11:49:01 am »
The military has become a proving ground for anything politicians are too chicken sh*t to get involved in. 9999hair out0000
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