Military

Yokota Air Base Celebrates the Completion of its New Microgrid

Nov. 1, 2023

The 10.72-MW combined heat and power microgrid will power the entire base during an outage. It joins a growing list of microgrid installations on U.S. military bases.

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ICT Visionary Q&A with Allen Griser, Chief Commercial Officer at Clearfield

Dec. 1, 2023

ICT Visionary Q&A with Allen Griser, Chief Commercial Officer, Clearfield

U.S. Army Col. Christopher Midberry, Fort Campbell Garrison Commander, addresses attendees at a microgrid ground-breaking ceremony, October 3, 2023, on Fort Campbell, Ky. (Source: U.S. Army photo by Kayla Cosby)

Construction Begins on U.S. Army’s Latest Microgrid at Fort Campbell in Kentucky

Oct. 16, 2023

The groundbreaking ceremony on the natural gas microgrid was held during the first week of October, which the Army has dubbed Energy Action Month.

A C-17A Globemaster III, such as those flown by the 105th Airlift Wing out of Stewart Air National Guard base in New York. (Source: Andrew Harker / shutterstock.com)

New York Air National Guard Base Getting LDES Prototype Microgrid

Sept. 19, 2023

The prototype microgrid at Stewart Air National Guard Base will include a long duration energy storage system.

Kirtland AFB Awards New DC Microgrid Contract

June 7, 2023

A first-of-its-kind Air Force system, the demonstration project reduces reliance on DC/AC inverters.

The Complex Work of Installing a Microgrid at Every US Army Base

May 19, 2023

Reporting from Microgrid Knowledge's conference in Anaheim, California this week, EnergyTech's Rod Walton describes the promises and challenges the US Army faces as it works to...

Air Station Miramar Increases Microgrid Islanding Time to as Much as 21 Days for Base the Size of a Small City

March 3, 2023

Air Station Miramar has accomplished a feat it has been working on for years — islanding with a backup generator integrated into the microgrid.

MCB Camp Lejeune chooses Duke Energy to build $22 million military microgrid

Oct. 21, 2022

Duke Energy will design and build a $22 million dollar microgrid at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, the largest Marine Corps installation in the world.

Army releases five-year microgrid implementation plan

Oct. 10, 2022

The microgrid industry has been carefully watching for news of how the US Army will go about installing microgrids at all of its bases — and now the details are becoming available...