[CPEO-MEF] Nellis Air Force Base (NV) solar

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force embraces solar power
Largest project on continent to help light Nellis AFB in Nevada, spur 
renewable energy business

By William M. Welch
USA TODAY
April 18, 2007

The largest solar power plant in North America will soon be providing 
electricity to an Air Force base in the Nevada desert.

The military says the plant, scheduled to power up at Nellis Air Force 
Base by the end of the year, shows that solar energy can effectively 
meet part of the country's energy needs.

"It allows the Air Force to show its leadership in applying renewable 
energy and new technology to reduce our needs to use traditional forms 
of electric power," says Maj. Don Ohlemacher, operations flight chief 
and acting commander of the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron at the base.

But the project also demonstrates something else: the considerable 
constraints that continue to limit the viability and growth of solar 
electric power in the USA.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070418/a_solar18.art.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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