The U.S. military has found a way to go off-grid for weeks or months, and to produce revenues of as much as US$100 million annually, by opening land on western military bases to private solar development.
In fact, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) could generate a total of seven gigawatts (GW) of solar energy at four installations in the California desert, according to the findings of a feasibility study released this month by the agency’s Office of Installations and Environment. That’s as much as the combined production of seven nuclear power plants, or two-thirds of the electricity that the military uses nationwide each year.
In fact, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) could generate a total of seven gigawatts (GW) of solar energy at four installations in the California desert, according to the findings of a feasibility study released this month by the agency’s Office of Installations and Environment. That’s as much as the combined production of seven nuclear power plants, or two-thirds of the electricity that the military uses nationwide each year.
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