[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Marine Corps Camp H.M. Smith (HI) to become "energy island"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Marine base on Oahu to produce own electrical supply


By Wyatt Olson
Stars and Stripes
June 17, 2014


MARINE CORPS CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii - If you want an example of how  
vulnerable a military installation can be to power outages, Ross  
Roley has a quick and personal one.

In the spring of 2011, as the U.S. military was assisting Japan with  
the aftermath of the devastating tsunami, power was suddenly lost at  
Marine Corps Camp H.M. Smith on Oahu. The installation is small but  
critical as headquarters to U.S. Pacific Command, Special Operations  
Command Pacific and Marine Forces Pacific.

...

The base is in the process of gaining "energy-island" independence,  
which will make it the first Department of Defense installation with  
the capacity to fully maintain all critical operations in the event  
of a power outage - whether it arises from a natural disaster,  
sabotage or a cyberattack. The base will produce its own electrical  
supply during such crises from a mix of diesel generators and  
photovoltaic and solar panels.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/marine-base-on-oahu-to-produce-own- 
electrical-supply-1.288858

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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