Recent photovoltaics systems activity in the United States Department of Defense
- DynCorp, Alexandria, VA (United States)
- Army Corps of Engineers, Champaign, IL (United States). Construction Engineering Research Lab.
- Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA (United States). Weapons Div.
- Headquarters Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, Tyndall AFB, FL (United States)
Two cited references provide a snapshot report of PV in the DoD as of December 1994 and April 1996 respectively. This is an update as of February, 1997. Over the last few years, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has sponsored the installation of over 2 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaics (PV). Most of the larger systems (an aggregate of 2.1 MW) were for systems at test or training ranges. The authors estimate that an additional 300 kW of PV powers small loads, most of them much less than a kilowatt in size. Over the last several years, the principal sources of funds for large systems have been the Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP) and the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). Both of these programs have been severely cut back in recent years. The DoD is investigating utility-initiated off-grid tariffs and Energy Savings Performance Contracts for high capital projects.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States); Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 355756
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970441--; ISBN 0-89553-169-0
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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