Broad Overview of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Opportunities for Department of Defense Installations

摘要

The Strategic Environmental Research and Developmental Program (SERDP)/Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is the Department of Defense's (DOD) environmental science and technology program focusing on issues related to environment and energy for the military services. Part of ESTCP's charter is to investigate, demonstrate, and validate environmental and/or energy technologies that offer the potential to provide significant benefit to DOD via a variety of channels including, for example, increased efficiency, regulatory compliance, cost savings, and/or reduced petroleum consumption. The SERDP/ESTCP Office requested that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provide technical assistance with strategic planning by evaluating the potential for several types of renewable energy technologies at DOD installations. NREL was tasked to provide technical expertise and strategic advice for the feasibility of geothermal resources, waste-to-energy technology, photovoltaics (PV), wind, microgrids, and building system technologies on military installations. NREL's deliverables were to provide a draft report no later than November 10, 2010 and a final report prior to a January 2011 SERDP/ESTCP Funding Opportunity Announcement. This report satisfies the second and final report deliverable requirement. Although not specifically requested by SERDP, included in the report is an energy storage section that provides descriptions and applications of electrical energy storage.