[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: "Army uses GIS technology for renewable energy planning"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army uses GIS technology for renewable energy planning

By James Russ and Nicole Sikula (US Army Environmental Command)
www.army.mil
April 8, 2014

The U.S. Army Environmental Command provides geospatial services for  
a variety of operations and organizations throughout the Army. Among  
those are the geospatial analyses and customized mapping support that  
USAEC contributes to the Energy Initiatives Task Force's effort to  
meet its goal of 25 percent of all energy consumed on Army  
installations to be from renewable energy sources by 2025.



The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations,  
Energy and Environment requested USAEC geospatial services to support  
EITF in identifying Army lands that may be available for the  
renewable energy projects. USAEC developed a "clear parcels"  
methodology that analyzed installation geospatial data nationwide.



The goal of the analysis was to identify areas on installations that  
were both suitable for renewable energy projects and that were not  
excluded due to a variety of mission-related factors. The factors  
chosen were partially determined by the availability of geospatial  
data for installations that is maintained in Army Mapper, the Army's  
official geospatial database of record, and the relevance of the  
factor in eliminating sites from consideration.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.army.mil/article/123615/ 
Army_uses_GIS_technology_for_renewable_energy_planning/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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