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( Image credit : United States Army photo )
Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers bring clean water to rural villages in Mahmudiyah .
facility energy use from renewable sources by 2025 . Regardless of the legislative requirements , the military energy policy is driven by cost reduction , energy efficiency and resilience ; renewable energy has been an integral part of it .
Depending on geographical locations across the US , military installations get electricity from solar , wind , geothermal , waste-toenergy landfill gas and biomass . A priority for forward-operating bases abroad and combat zones is to mitigate an operational energy burden , while maintaining or improving mission effectiveness and minimising harm on troops .
DoD emphasises diversification of operational energy supplies in combat zones to reduce a risk of attacks on troops at fuel resupply lines . Renewable technologies , such as solar devices for servicemen , wasteto-energy , solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles and other ways of using locally-sourced energy , are key to fuel diversification goals . “ The Pentagon has a number of renewable energy contracts in the procurement pipeline that locks the military into a low-priced energy from renewable sources and
12 September 2017