SolarStrong
SolarStrong is a plan to equip United States military housing and other structures with photovoltaic system Solar panels.
The original five-year plan involved an installation on 160,000 rooftops with total capacity of 371 MW and total cost about US$1 billion.[1] The project was reduced afterward to 120,000 rooftops.[2][3]
SolarStrong is being carried out by an American energy services provider SolarCity in cooperation with Lend Lease Group involving 124 military bases in 33 states.[1][4][5] The financing is agreed with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, USRG Renewable Finance, and U.S. Bancorp.[1][2] It had a partial $344 million federal loan guarantee through the United States Department of Energy Financial Institution Partnership Program; however, the guarantee was withdrawn after the project implementation started.[1][2]
The project started in 2011 with development of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, followed by Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.[1][2] In 2012, the project continued with the Los Angeles Air Force Base in California, and Peterson Air Force Base and Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado.[2][5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Woody, Todd (7 September 2011). "Military Deal To Double The U.S.'s Rooftop Solar Installations". Forbes. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Woody, Todd (17 July 2012). "Big Military Solar Project Expands To New Bases". Forbes. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ↑ Hsu, Tiffany (17 SJuly 2012). "SolarCity plans 18,000 panels for military in SolarStrong effort". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 September 2012. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Dearen, Jason; Daly, Matthew (7 September 2011). "SolarStrong Project: Obama Administration Backs SolarCity Military Energy Program". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- 1 2 "SolarStrong expands to bases in California and Colorado". Recharge (NHST Media Group). 18 July 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
