Tuesday Energy Blogging: The hippie girl cooties have thoroughly infected the DOD.
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It’s a lost cause, I’m afraid, Alan.
August 10, 2010
San Jose, CA, USA: SunPower to Build Solar Power System at Luke Air Force Base
SunPower Corporation has signed an agreement with Arizona Public Service (APS) to design and construct a 15-megawatt (AC) solar photovoltaic power system at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona. Scheduled for completion in the summer of 2011, it is expected to be the largest solar power installation at a U.S. government facility.
Approximately 550 local jobs will be created during construction. Construction is expected to commence in January once environmental assessments, permitting and site preparation is complete.
“Installed on 101 acres of underutilized land, this system will generate the equivalent of 50 percent of the annual energy requirements for Luke Air Force Base,” said Air Force Lt. Col. John Thomas, 56th Civil Engineer Squadron commander at Luke. “Benefits of the project to the American taxpayers include no initial out-of-pocket expenses to the Air Force, significant long-term savings on electricity costs, and the increased energy independence associated with using reliable, emission-free solar power.”
“APS is committed to building a sustainable future, which includes the expansion of our renewable energy portfolio,” said Brad Albert, general manager of Renewable Energy and Resource Acquisition of APS. “This plant will not only bring more clean renewable energy to the grid, but will also create jobs during its construction.”
APS will own the system that SunPower designs, builds and maintains, and sell electricity to Luke Air Force Base under a long-term agreement. The system will use high-efficiency SunPower solar panels with the SunPower Tracker® system. The system will generate the equivalent energy required for 3,750 Arizona homes, avoiding more than 19,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year, according the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates.
“As a result of our previous experience working with the U.S. Air Force at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, as well as with other government agencies such as the General Services Administration and the U.S. Navy, SunPower has developed federal procurement capabilities that help agencies procure reliable, high performance solar systems utilizing a variety of mechanisms,” said Karen Butterfield, SunPower’s director of federal accounts. “Reliability and quality are the hallmarks of SunPower systems. We look forward to working with the APS and Luke teams on this very exciting project.”
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hell of awesome. you should read the bios of SunPower’s corporate leadership– it’s like a Cato Institute blogger’s wet dream of experience.
Good to see another one going in.
DM built a solar plant this past winter with a different contractor.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/11/airforce_solar_neighborhood_112209w/
Brave Sir Robin ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin!
You big meanie, you’ve PWND my sweetie on more than one occasion with your gurl cooties.
OMG, ALAN! THE PHONE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!
“This plant will not only bring more clean renewable energy to the grid, but will also create jobs during its construction.”
:::ear-to-ear smile:::
Hear THAT?! Marrying the call to lessen carbon emissions AND create jobs?!
Look out, Alan. The world might be ready to move forward without you…
Alan Scott can’t comment on this because he was never in the military. There, I said it. He knows it’s true.
Gee, I heard my name. I am not familiar with this Solar installation. I wonder, wonder, wonder if politics had anything to do with it. Nice how the military is used to fulfill some politician’s wet dream.
I wonder whose back got scratched , to get this contract. That was as uncrude as I could put it. It is interesting how you Corporate haters love SunPower Corporation. I guess there are corporations and then there are corporations.
Since I can judge this issue only from what you posted, let me comment on this.
“Installed on 101 acres of underutilized land, ”
I wonder what ‘underutilized’ means. It seems to me to be a terrible waste of land.
I predict that in a few years when our Obama-bankrupt Country has to find ways to cut back on public spending, and after all that can be cut from the military has been cut, then worthless projects like this will be scrapped.
Let me show you the future .
http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/CA4965/