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We Needed it but Didn't Have it. Now it's 2013: Is Better Field Generation for DOD Here Yet? 26 Aug 2013 | 05:10 pm
Since this blog's inception, we've been calling for accelerating the work to improve the efficiency of field generators. In the context of rising assaults (and many successful attacks) on fuel convoy...
2013 TIDES DOD/USG Energy Technology Demos Coming to You ... Now 9 Aug 2013 | 01:52 am
Well, that is if you work at Fort McNair or the Pentagon. Or if you live nearby, and convince them to let you in. This blog first covered the STAR-TIDES program back in 2008, but it's a great success ...
US Navy Set to Lauch Floating Macro Micro Grid 1 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
You can do a lot with 78 megawatts, including power 26,000 homes, for instance. Or you use it to run absolutely everything on one of the Navy's newest warships. I'll let IEEE explain: The Zumwalt’s ...
Major SPIDERS Update, Advancing Energy Security & Barbarians at the Gate 24 Jul 2013 | 05:49 pm
This mega post just in from Mr. Harold Sanborn, Program Manager at Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL), US Army and technical manager for the SPIDERS Joint Capability Technology Demonstration...
Alternative Energy and the DOD Battlefield of the Future 9 Jul 2013 | 12:57 am
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, Sharon Burke shared a few mid 2013 insights in an interview published last week. Here's an excerpt that signals more of the s...
Conference Alert: Defense Energy Summit 12 Jun 2013 | 04:45 pm
You've got plenty of time for this one, but want to get it on your calendar early. Here's the Joe Friday "just the facts, ma'am": Who: Headliner will be Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense...
DOD Energy must learn from DSB report on cybersecurity strengths (and weaknesses) 4 Jun 2013 | 10:29 pm
DOD Energy Blog readers - I try not to do this too often, but when the content of the Smart Grid Security Blog is particularly relevant, we sometimes to a twofer. That is publishing the same post on ...
DOD Energy Security Milestone: Announcing Fort Bliss's New Microgrid 28 May 2013 | 08:30 pm
Microgrid research is being conducted at a bunch of DOD installations: Naval District Washington (NDW), the Marines' 29 Palms base in California, Joint Base Pearl-Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii and Fort Cars...
Air Force Accelerates Energy Culture Change for Airmen 17 May 2013 | 12:42 am
USAF's just-released energy culture plan is drawing some praise from folks in the right places. Here's what Jerry Dion of DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy division has to say: I am partic...
Energy Security Conference Alert: IAGS' Target Energy 2013 15 May 2013 | 05:09 am
What is IAGS you say? I'll answer briskly: the Institute for the Analysis of of Global Security. Teaming with NATO's Energy Security Center of Excellence, IAGS is hosting a conference called Target En...
