[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: "Power Surge: Energy Security and the Department of Defense"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Power Surge: Energy Security and the Department of Defense
How the Department of Defense Leverages Private Resources to Enhance  
Energy Security and Save Money on U.S. Military Bases

Pew Charitable Trusts
January 16, 2014

The U.S. Department of Defense defines installation energy security  
as the ability to assure access to reliable sources of energy and  
deliver that power to meet operational needs on its bases in the  
United States and abroad. The U.S. military needs safe, secure,  
reliable, and affordable energy to operate facilities on an  
uninterrupted basis. To meet essential power requirements, defense  
leaders have initiated far-reaching steps to harness advanced  
technologies capable of conserving energy, enabling on-site  
production from renewable sources, and saving taxpayers millions of  
dollars.

That effort began in earnest in 2008, when the department convened a  
prestigious task force, formed by the Defense Science Board, to  
explore the key energy challenges facing the military in the 21st  
century. The panel's report, "More Fight–Less Fuel," called on the  
U.S. military to address two major challenges: the significant and  
growing demand for fuel in combat operations, and the vulnerability  
associated with almost complete reliance by military installations on  
the nation's aging and vulnerable commercial power grid.

"More Fight–Less Fuel" prompted immediate responses by the U.S. armed  
forces. Across the Department of Defense, or DOD, a wide range of  
initiatives has been launched to address operational and installation  
energy challenges. The Pew Charitable Trusts tracks these energy  
initiatives.

This latest report examines how the military is leveraging private- 
sector expertise and resources at home to deploy clean and efficient  
energy in service of economic, environmental, and national security  
interests. The report's research is derived from publicly available  
information, close collaboration with DOD officials and experts, site  
visits to installations across the United States, and a partnership  
with Navigant Research, a leading market research firm that analyzes  
global clean energy technology markets.


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For the entire release and a link to the full report, go to
http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail_full.aspx? 
id=85899534018&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Environment&WT.rss_a=Power% 
20Surge:%20Energy%20Security%20and%20the%20Department%20of% 
20Defense&WT.z_contenttype=Report&category=919

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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