US army to enlist private sector for $7.1bn of renewable energy projects

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US military to accelerate renewables push with launch of new Energy Initiatives Office

The US Army has high hopes of using renewable energy to fulfill a quarter of its energy needs by 2025. But it can not get there without adding large-scale renewable energy projects to its arsenal, so the...

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