05.27.12 Army Seeks Renewable Energy Sources

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Sayeh Tavangar

The U.S. Army is one of the nation's biggest consumers of energy, spending more than $1 billion a year on electricity for its facilities. But now the Army wants to reduce its energy costs. To do that, it's looking to the private sector to install solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy at its sites. Richard Kidd, the Army's deputy assistant secretary for energy and sustainability, discusses the service's plans to solicit such private sector investments.

 
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