Military Focusing on Energy
DOE and DOD have signed a memorandum to accelerate clean energy innovation.
Compiled by staff
Published: Aug 2, 2010
At a White House Forum on Energy Security, Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a Memorandum of Understanding between the Departments of Energy and Defense to accelerate clean energy innovation and enhance national energy security. Poneman said that working together, can speed the transition to a clean energy economy, while helping protect troops.
The memorandum covers efforts in the areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, water efficiency, fossil fuels, alternative fuels, efficient transportation technologies and fueling infrastructure, grid security, smart grid, storage, waste-to-energy, basic science research, mobile/deployable power, small modular reactor nuclear energy, and related areas.
The Department of Defense aims to speed innovative energy and conservation technologies from laboratories to military end users, and it uses military installations as a test bed to demonstrate and create a market for innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. The Department of Energy is the lead Federal agency responsible for the development and deployment of advanced energy technologies.
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