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Wired News | by Nathan Hodge | Tue, Jan 27

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But the military's interest in green tech is not limited to Iraq. NATO forces in Afghanistan are using solar-powered streetlamps as a security tool. And as Noah reported last year, the Army is planning to build one of the world's most powerful solar arrays.

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Thumbnail 10 Months Ago, Katie Drummond from Wired says (in Army Wants Portable Wind Power for Grunts) The economic and environmental benefits are puny compared to military initiatives like the solar panel array at Nellis Air Force Base, which generates 30-million kilowatts of energy per year. But, as the army’s proposal points out, easy-to-use, portable wind-generators could have w...

Thumbnail And Noah Shachtman from Wired says (in Obama Shines Light on Air Force’s Super Solar Array) For years, the U.S. military has been on a lurching, irregular march towards green power and green energy. Along the way, it’s built biodiesel generators in Baghdad, bought thousands of electric vehicles, installed wind farms at bases around the country — and put together America’s large...

Thumbnail 14 Months Ago, Nathan Hodge from Wired News says (in Stimulus to Pay for 'Greening' of the Military) President Barack Obama is due to sign a massive, $787 billion stimulus package today in Denver. A healthy-sized portion of it -- around $20 billion -- is supposed to go towards promoting green energy. That includes $3.6 billion to pay for energy efficiency projects and facilities upgrades...

Thumbnail 16 Months Ago, Nathan Hodge from Wired News says (in NATO Going Solar in Afghanistan) Darpa Wants Clean, Cheap Jet Fuel — From CoalBaghdad Base's New Generators Run on Trash Air Force Base Goes Solar; Nukes Next?Air Force to Darpa: Free Us From the Oil CartelsPentagon's Novel Idea: Stop Guzzling GasPentagon and the End of OilSolar Panels Power UpJoint Chiefs Neg "Urgent...

Thumbnail And Nathan Hodge from Wired says (in NATO Going Solar in Afghanistan) Darpa Wants Clean, Cheap Jet Fuel — From CoalBaghdad Base's New Generators Run on Trash Air Force Base Goes Solar; Nukes Next?Air Force to Darpa: Free Us From the Oil CartelsPentagon's Novel Idea: Stop Guzzling GasPentagon and the End of OilSolar Panels Power UpJoint Chiefs Neg "Urgent...

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