[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Nellis Air Force Base (NV) may double solar output

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Nellis wants to double the base's solar energy output

By Steve Kanigher
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
November 23, 2010


More than half of the electricity needed to power Nellis Air Force Base 
during daylight hours could come from solar panels instead of 
traditional power lines by the end of next year. It represents the 
Defense Department's goal to have 25 percent of its energy come from 
renewable sources by 2025.

Nellis is seeking public comment through Wednesday on a draft 
environmental assessment for the proposed solar photovoltaic system on 
160 acres on a southern part of the base between Sunrise Vista Golf 
Course and East Carey Avenue. If it becomes reality, the plant would 
combine to at least double the output produced by another solar array at 
Nellis since 2007.

Although the Air Force has not yet decided whether to have the plant 
built, and its potential cost and size have not been determined, the 
fact it is being considered says much about the military's faith in 
solar power.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/23/nellis-wants-double-bases-solar-energy-output/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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