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Slideshow: Powering a Far-flung Military

The U.S. military, one of the world's most energy-hungry organizations, is tackling the mammoth task of ensuring its future security by using renewable energy sources

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Photo: Nadine Y. Barclay/U.S. Air Force

SOLAR SQUADRON

The U.S. military generates or buys 11.9 percent of its electricity from renewable-energy sources. Some of it comes from this 14-megawatt photovoltaic array at Nellis Air Force Base, in Nevada. The need to power remotely located bases, along with concerns about supply disruptions and high electricity bills, have led the armed services to generate some of their energy on-site.

For more on the military's use of alternate energies, see A Less Well-Oiled War Machine

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