[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, ENCROACHMENT: DoD-NRDC Renewable Energy Siting Primer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Natural Resources Defense Council
November 20, 2013

WASHINGTON - A new primer jointly developed by the Department of  
Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council addresses for the  
first time core issues for developing renewable energy sources on or  
around military ranges, airspace, and installations.

The guidelines, which are designed to better screen solar and wind  
projects and avoid potential conflicts with military operations or  
sensitive environmental areas, were shared with nearly 100 renewable  
energy executives, military leaders and others on a Webinar on Tuesday.

It also is available at: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dodsc/library/ 
Siting_Renewable_Energy_Primer_5SEP13_FINAL_WEB.pdf

The DoD plans to get 25 percent of its energy from renewables by  
2025. Developing more renewable energy sources on federal lands also  
is a key part of President Obama’s climate change initiative.

"At the Department of Defense we know how important energy security  
is to national security, and we know that renewable energy is  
essential to our energy security," said Frank DiGiovanni, director,  
Force Readiness and Training at the Office of the Deputy Assistant  
Secretary of Defense (Readiness)

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For the entire release and additional links, see
http://www.nrdc.org/media/2013/131120a.asp

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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