The U.S. Army just broke ground on a largest-of-its-kind clean energy storage project, a sign of a military that's increasingly focused on reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change.
a ceremony Thursday to initiate the Flow Battery Pilot program, which will test out a one-megawatt-sized long-duration battery to store on-base electricity generated from renewable sources. It's another incremental step toward the fundamental transformation President Joe Biden, who set a national target for the U.S. to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, wants to speed up by reorienting the Department of Defense's operational strategy to prioritize climate change.
The order also directed agencies to develop climate change adaptation plans, and the DOD released a 2022 climate adaptation report last month. Biden, who also set targets for half of all new vehicle sales to be electric models by 2030 and envisions 100% carbon-free power by 2035,Individual branches have set out strategies of their own to achieve compliance with Biden's order, with the Department of the ArmyThe"Climate Strategy" would transform the kinds of technologies the Army uses and its sources of energy. For example, it provides for acquiring an all-electric light-duty non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2027.
It is the biggest installation to date of a long-duration energy storage technology at a U.S. military site and could be spread around to meet that target. If it proves successful, the battery program will be implemented across installations, the Army said.
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