Energy Conversation
Series of inter-agency discussions on energy.

Defense News Article

Several hundred people gathered in an Arlington, Va., hotel just a block from the Pentagon on March 27 to listen to Jim Woolsey, the former CIA director, talk about energy conservation. It was the first in a series of seminars organized by the Pentagon’s Office of Force Transformation and acquisition office, headed by Ken Krieg, to address the problem of the nation’s “addiction” to oil, as President George W. Bush put it in his State of the Union address in January.

Fresh off the Press

DoD Must Up Its Use of Renewable Energy

Under a new measure approved by the Senate, DoD must increase its usage of renewable energy to 25% by 2025.

Colleges Go Green

College students investigate environmentally friendly ways of producing energy.

Allsteel's 'Solar Sunflowers'

While not yellow in color, Allsteel's sunflowers are something to be seen. Measuring more than 20 feet high and encompassing 150 square feet of Allsteel's garden, these "solar sunflowers" generate one percent of the energy required to power the needs of Allsteel's 200 members in the company's headquarters building. This equates to enough energy to power 40 laptop computers, eight hours a day; or the amount of energy needed to run half of the electricity needed for the average home for a month.

The Katrina Crisis

Daniel Yergin's Wall Street Journal commentary on energy and national security in the aftermath of Katrina.

Hydrogen from biomass for power

Many types of biological materials, from agricultural waste products to chicken droppings, are used to fire power stations in various parts of the world.

Hot work

Rolls-Royce and Cambridge University aim to develop laser sensors able to monitor the internal performance of industrial-scale fuel cells.

Seal of approval

A UK electro-chemical specialist is claiming a newly-developed membrane represents a significant step towards commercially viable fuel cells.

DoD Energy-Smart Success Stories
Growing numbers of leaders across DoD are recognizing that being "energy-smart" translates to big savings today as well as for the future.

The HUMVEE Goes Hybrid

The Marine Corps' new Shadow RST-V and its diesel-electric hybrid powertrain could make environment-friendly fast attack vehicles the norm. It uses less than 50 percent of the normal fuel weight of a Humvee, and runs on four magnet motors and two lithium-ion battery packs.

U.S. Air Force - Largest Purchaser of Green Power

The U.S. Air Force’s green power purchase of 321,000 MWh is the largest purchase in the Green Power Partnership and in the country. In fiscal year 2004, the U.S. Air Force purchased over 40 percent of the renewable power purchased by the federal government. It continues its commitment by...

US Navy wins Biodiesel Award

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) presented the U.S. Department of the Navy with the National Energy Security Award for Outstanding Energy Leadership through Biodiesel. “The U.S. Navy is the largest diesel fuel user in the world, and by taking responsibility for reducing its own use of petroleum...

From Muskets to Missiles to Wind Turbines

The Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming began construction in June on two 900 kW wind turbines to supplement the base's power needs. The project is the first Air Force initiative of its kind in the continental United States and is a joint effort between the base and Headquarters Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)...

Pentagon takes a LEEDing role

The latest construction project at the Pentagon is a clear example of the pioneering role that the Department of Defense is taking, requesting that the new Pentagon Conference Center and Library be designed to achieve a LEED[R] certification by the US Green Building Council. The project will be the third LEED[R] rated project at the Pentagon, following on the heels of the Metro Entrance Facility and Pentagon Athletic Center...

Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Coast Guard - Shore Energy Program site

The US Coast Guard is the largest organizational element in the Department of Homeland Security, both in number of facilities and in annual energy consumption. It operates more than 30 million square feet of facilities, 72 percent of the total DHS facility space, and consumes 71 percent of the total energy consumed annually by DHS non-exempt facilities. The USCG has had experience with renewable energy installations, including solar-electric installations in Petaluma, CA and Puerto Rico; solar-thermal installations in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Boston; a wind generation project in progress at Kodiak Island; and a potential landfill gas project at the USCG Yard in Baltimore.

Encyclopdia Sources

The Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy and Sustainable Living

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Renewable Energy

Future Energy Development

Winning the Oil Endgame

Winning the Oil Endgame from Amory Lovins at the Rocky Mountain Institute

How to: Wean the US from Oil.

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