BWXT to Build First Advanced Microreactor in United States

SCO picks BWXT (~$300M) to build the Pele prototype.

Department of the Navy Releases Climate Action 2030

Navy commits to cyber-secure microgrids or equivalent for all critical missions.

Record of Decision: Prototype Mobile Microreactor EIS

DoD approves building and testing the Pele prototype at INL.

DoD to Build Project Pele Mobile Microreactor and Perform Demonstration at INL

DoD announces decision to build and demonstrate Pele at Idaho National Laboratory.

Developing Microgrids to Deliver Energy Resilience

Fort Knox touts most successful energy resilience exercise to date

Knox restored its whole grid in seven minutes and ran independently eight hours.

Armor technology designed to protect the power grid licensed by Michigan company

U.S. Army's first climate strategy calls for emissions cuts, base protections

Army climate strategy targets a microgrid on every installation by 2035.

Idaho National Laboratory Builds Full-Scale Prototype for Microreactor Project

Army introduces strategy to combat climate change threats

Official Army Climate Strategy release with microgrid-per-installation goal.

Extremists have developed ‘credible, specific plans’ to attack the US power grid, DHS says in new warning

A decade in the making, Idaho researchers unveil enhanced electric power grid test bed

2022 U.S. Department of Defense Sustainability Plan

DoD plan describes ~$469M planned for microgrids.

Resilient Refueling Beyond Red Hill

After Red Hill closure, debate on distributed, hardened Pacific fuel storage.

DoD's new climate drill: Kill the lights, see what happens

Services expanding no-notice blackout drills; NAVFAC planning three black starts in 2022.

Air Force demonstrates defense-wide leadership through ERREs

First regional ERRE across Schriever, Buckley, Peterson; DoD at 10 ERREs since FY2020.

Developing Microgrids to Deliver Energy Resilience

Army explains microgrid program feeding the 14-day requirement.

Five INL innovations that are changing the world

FY2022 NDAA final text summary

Requires microgrid/islanding assessment (7+ days) in new construction; long-duration storage demo.

Army floating solar array is the largest floating system in the Southeast

1.1 MW floating solar + 2 MWh battery at Fort Bragg's Camp Mackall for outage backup.

A Drone Tried to Disrupt the Power Grid. It Won't Be the Last

Microreactors could replace diesel generators, enable renewables, report says

Fort Knox completes successful installation-wide energy test

First Army installation-wide black start: Knox ran on its own power for a full workday.

Eielson AFB Announced as Site for Air Force Micro-Reactor Pilot

Air Force picks Eielson for a commercially owned, NRC-licensed microreactor pilot.

Air Force's first Energy Assurance Lease signed at Tyndall AFB

Utility-owned solar + battery microgrid can island three mission-critical facilities.