Search

SEARCH

The IDEA Website has a wealth of news and educational content available for free on our website, most easy to access by performing a simple search.

Type in the search box below. To search for an exact phrase match, you need to place quotation marks around the search term. For example "Net Zero Carbon Target", will bring results where those four words occur in that exact order.

Categories

User Content (79)
Events (1)

Refine by

Community  

 

Formal Tags  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Comments  

 

Created  

Within One Week
Within Two Weeks
Within One Month
Within Six Months
Within One Year
Older (80)
1 to 10 of 80
Sort by

Blog Entry
Military Microgrids: Four Examples of Innovation

Elisa Wood, Microgrid Knowledge Summary It’s not surprising that military microgrids in the US demonstrate some of the most sophisticated and innovative uses of distributed energy. After all, they are designed with national security in mind. As such, they serve as a learning ground...

Microgrid Resources Coalition's profile image
Microgrid Resources Coalition
Added 12-04-2019
View Forum
 
Topics Microgrids Resiliency Sector Military Content Type MRCNews

Blog Entry
Maine National Guard Combined Heat and Power Four Years Later

Dennis Bohannon, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service Summary The Maine National Guard project came online four years ago, and the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system provides energy resilience and enhances Army readiness to directly support the warfighter. CHP, or...

District Energy's profile image
District Energy
Added 05-23-2019
View Forum
 
Topics CHP Resiliency State or Province Maine Sector Military Content Type News

Blog Entry
Request for Information: Hanscom AFB Energy-as-a-Service Pilot

Summary The United States Air Force (AF) is seeking a single industry provider to cost-effectively and comprehensively deliver reliable, resilient, and efficient energy to mission owners at an AF installation. In July 2017, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy released an initial...

Microgrid Resources Coalition's profile image
Microgrid Resources Coalition
Added 05-07-2019
View Forum
 
Sector Military

Blog Entry
Air Force Issues RFI for Energy-as-a-Service Contract at Massachusetts Base

Ken Silverstein, Microgrid Knowledge Summary The US Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency-Energy has issued a request for information (RFI) in anticipation of an energy-as-a-service contract for Hanscom Air Force base in Massachusetts, a site where a microgrid is being contemplated...

District Energy's profile image
District Energy
Added 05-06-2019
 
Topics CHP Microgrids State or Province Massachusetts Sector Military Content Type MRCNews News Technology Steam

Blog Entry
Burns & McDonnell to Help Build Army Steam Generation System

Brenda Marie Rivers, Executive Biz Summary BAE Systems has awarded Burns & McDonnell a contract to design and construct a steam boiler facility that will replace a coal-fired plant and support manufacturing activities at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Kingsport, Tenn. ...

District Energy's profile image
District Energy
Added 04-12-2019
 
Organization Burns and McDonnell Content Type MemberNewsIDEA News Sector Military Technology Steam

Blog Entry
Installation wins Army-level award

Guidon Summary The U.S. Army Garrison Fort Leonard Wood’s Installation Strategic Sustainability Program recently won the Installation Sustainability (Non-Industrial) Award in the Secretary of the Army Environmental Awards. Fort Leonard Wood is among five installations that have moved...

District Energy's profile image
District Energy
Added 03-21-2019
View Forum
 
Topics CHP Sustainability Sector Military Content Type News

Blog Entry
'Significant Noise': If you live near Parris Island, you might have heard this recently

Wade Livingston, The Beaufort Gazette Summary A Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island construction — and testing — project has been making some noise that residents near the base couldn’t help but hear. Michel Whitaker, an engineer who lives 1.5 miles or so across the water on Cat...

District Energy's profile image
District Energy
Added 02-08-2019
View Forum
 
Organization Ameresco Topics CHP Content Type MemberNewsIDEA MRCNews News Sector Military

Blog Entry
Gas-fired Power System will Replace Coal at Army Ammunition Plant

Power Engineering Summary BAE Systems will design, build and commission a natural gas-fired steam facility at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Kingsport, Tennessee. The total contact value is $158 million, according to the release. The modernization project will replace an existing...

District Energy's profile image
District Energy
Added 12-18-2018
View Forum
 
Sector Government Military Technology Natural Gas Steam Content Type News State or Province Tennessee Country United States

Blog Entry
US Military Microgrids Are Using More Renewables and Batteries

Emma Foehringer Merchant, Greentech Media Summary Energy resilience has long been a priority for the military. The Department of Defense is increasingly turning to clean energy in resilience applications. (Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District) The White House's...

District Energy's profile image
District Energy
Added 11-09-2018
View Forum
 
Technology Battery Storage Topics CHP Microgrids Renewable Energy Resiliency Sector Military Content Type MRCNews News Country United States

Blog Entry
The U.S. Army’s pivot to energy and water resilience

This article was featured in the Q4 2018 edition of District Energy Magazine. A shift in policy increases consideration of microgrid, CHP and diverse energy initiatives as mission-sustaining technologies. Energy and water are fundamental elements to the readiness and resilience of the U.S....

District Energy's profile image
District Energy
Added 11-05-2018
View Forum
 
Year 2018 Content Type Article District Energy Magazine MRCNews News Topics CHP Cybersecurity Microgrids Resiliency Featured Content Featured Sector Military World Region North America Magazine Quarter Q4 Country United States