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The US Army built a 1. 1 MW floating solar array with a 2 MWh battery at Fort Bragg's Camp Mackall for outage backup.[1]
The US Air Force signed its first Energy Assurance Lease at Tyndall AFB. The lease gave a utility owned solar plus battery microgrid that can island three mission critical facilities.[1]
The Marine Corps asked for a design build microgrid to island MCAS Camp Pendleton from SDG&E.[1]
The Marine Corps powered MCAS Miramar on its microgrid. It islanded from SDG&E and ran the whole air station.[1]
The Department of the Army gave $8. 8M to Raytheon Company at its own base for a hybrid microgrid test with high penetration wind.[1]
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AES gave the Navy a 19. 3 MW solar setup and 70 MWh battery at PMRF.[1]
The Air Force added a solar array at Hill AFB to cut reliance on outside power.[1]
The Pentagon gave Otis ANGB a wind plus battery microgrid that can island and carry the full base load for up to five days.[1]
The Army completed a 50 MW power plant with HECO at Schofield.[1]
Schneider Electric gave MCLB Albany controls to island on landfill gas CHP plus 8. 5 MW biomass steam generation.[1]
The utility gave MCAS Yuma a 25 MW plant for base wide backup power.[1]