CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Camp Pendleton’s Fractal Microgrid provides energy security and energy savings capabilities to critical facilities using renewable energy.Marine Corps Installations – West’s energy policy states that Microgrids are an essential element for sustaining uninterrupted power, empowering the installation to transition seamlessly between various sources of supplied energy and directly support installations facilities and non-tactical vehicles. - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Camp Pendleton’s Fractal Microgrid provides energy security and energy savings capabilities to critical facilities using renewable energy. Marine Corps Installations – West’s energy policy states that Microgrids are an essential element for sustaining uninterrupted power, empowering the installation to transition seamlessly between various sources of supplied energy and directly support installations facilities and non-tactical vehicles.
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., will the use the microgrid as a back-up power system in the event of an outage. The microgrid uses solar energy and methane gas to keep mission-critical buildings operational. Planning for the project began in 2012 and it is slated for completion in 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Liah Kitchen/Released) - Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., will the use the microgrid as a back-up power system in the event of an outage. The microgrid uses solar energy and methane gas to keep mission-critical buildings operational. Planning for the project began in 2012 and it is slated for completion in 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Liah Kitchen/Released)
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., is recognizing National Energy Action Month by promoting energy conservation in October. MCAS Miramar utilizes multiple energy conservation systems like solar panels, recycled water and a future microgrid project to move closer to becoming a more energy self-sufficient installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jake McClung/Released) - Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., is recognizing National Energy Action Month by promoting energy conservation in October. MCAS Miramar utilizes multiple energy conservation systems like solar panels, recycled water and a future microgrid project to move closer to becoming a more energy self-sufficient installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jake McClung/Released)
Mick Wasco, energy program manager for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., shows a Korean delegation the Primus Power battery during their visit aboard MCAS Miramar, Feb. 17. A Primus Power battery is a liquid battery used to store energy on the electric grid aboard the installation. The delegation consisted of 14 South Korean citizens and two American citizens. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kimberlyn Adams/Released) - Mick Wasco, energy program manager for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., shows a Korean delegation the Primus Power battery during their visit aboard MCAS Miramar, Feb. 17. A Primus Power battery is a liquid battery used to store energy on the electric grid aboard the installation. The delegation consisted of 14 South Korean citizens and two American citizens. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kimberlyn Adams/Released)
NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. -- The Honorable Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosts a signing ceremony with the Western Area Power Administration and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power at Naval Base Coronado, Aug. 20. The ceremony marked the signing of the largest renewable energy purchase by a federal entity. Patti Wagner, chief executive officer, Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, and Ron Moulton, senior vice president, Western Area Power, acted as representatives of their respective entities.Distinguished guests were invited to sign a solar panel in honor of the agreement. Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, added his signature to the panel.(Photo by Cpl. Asia J. Sorenson/Released) - NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. -- The Honorable Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosts a signing ceremony with the Western Area Power Administration and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power at Naval Base Coronado, Aug. 20. The ceremony marked the signing of the largest renewable energy purchase by a federal entity. Patti Wagner, chief executive officer, Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, and Ron Moulton, senior vice president, Western Area Power, acted as representatives of their respective entities. Distinguished guests were invited to sign a solar panel in honor of the agreement. Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, Commanding General, Marine Corps Installations West Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, added his signature to the panel. (Photo by Cpl. Asia J. Sorenson/Released)
Gina McCarthy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, congratulates Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California on receiving the 2015 EPA Federal Green Challenge Award for Energy at the public works building on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, May 20. The station received the award because it had the greatest percentage reduction in energy use nationwide in 2014. - Gina McCarthy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, congratulates Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California on receiving the 2015 EPA Federal Green Challenge Award for Energy at the public works building on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, May 20. The station received the award because it had the greatest percentage reduction in energy use nationwide in 2014.
Joseph Bryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy , speaks with Mick Wasco, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Energy Manager, while viewing the the landfill gas facility aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California April 24. The visit including a presentation about the station's energy capabilities and goals. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lillian Stephens/Released) - Joseph Bryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy , speaks with Mick Wasco, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Energy Manager, while viewing the the landfill gas facility aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California April 24. The visit including a presentation about the station's energy capabilities and goals. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lillian Stephens/Released)
Dr. Robert Weisenmiller, left, chair of the California Energy Commission, the Honorable Dennis McGinn, center, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) and Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, left, Commanding General, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations - West, pose for a photograph during the Department of Navy – California Agency Meeting held at the Pacific Views Events center here, April 23. The Honorable McGinn chaired the conference, which covered energy opportunities and solutions, energy and utilities infrastructures, alternative fuel sources and vehicles, state energy legislations, and coverage of the California drought and desalination throughout the course of the conference. - Dr. Robert Weisenmiller, left, chair of the California Energy Commission, the Honorable Dennis McGinn, center, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) and Brig. Gen. Edward D. Banta, left, Commanding General, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations - West, pose for a photograph during the Department of Navy – California Agency Meeting held at the Pacific Views Events center here, April 23. The Honorable McGinn chaired the conference, which covered energy opportunities and solutions, energy and utilities infrastructures, alternative fuel sources and vehicles, state energy legislations, and coverage of the California drought and desalination throughout the course of the conference.
The Department of Defense , being the largest government user of energy, has stressed the importance of mitigating the risk caused by fluctuating oil prices and supply shocks by striving towards energy independence.Keeping this in mind, Camp Pendleton officials would like to remind those aboard the base to pursue energy independence and increase energy efficiency by eliminating waste, doing more with less and recycling. - The Department of Defense , being the largest government user of energy, has stressed the importance of mitigating the risk caused by fluctuating oil prices and supply shocks by striving towards energy independence.Keeping this in mind, Camp Pendleton officials would like to remind those aboard the base to pursue energy independence and increase energy efficiency by eliminating waste, doing more with less and recycling.