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Tue Apr 16, 2013, 10:49 AM Apr 2013

Fort Bliss to launch military's largest renewable energy project (20 MW solar farm)

http://www.army.mil/article/100457/Fort_Bliss_to_launch_military_s_largest_renewable_energy_project/
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April 5, 2013
By Donna Miles

[font size=3] WASHINGTON (AFPS, April 5, 2013) -- The largest renewable energy project in U.S. military history is slated to begin soon at Fort Bliss, Texas, a big step toward the installation's goal of generating all the energy it uses, Army Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard, the installation and 1st Armored Division commander, announced today.

The Army Corps of Engineers gave the official nod this week for El Paso Electric to start work on a 20-megawatt solar farm that will power all of the division headquarters and most of the eastern sector of the sprawling installation, Pittard told reporters at a news conference.

The partnership is the first between the military and a major local utility on a renewable energy project of this scale, he reported.

"This is the largest solar project at any installation to date in (the Defense Department). We are very, very proud of that," he said. "It is exciting to be leading the American military in renewable energy, (and) reducing our carbon footprint," both goals of Fort Bliss' environmental campaign plan.

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