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Conserving Energy One Sailor at a Time
By Capt. Pat Rios Director, CNIC Facilities and Environmental From the use of energy-saving technologies and biofuels for our aircraft and ships to the eventual sailing of the Great Green Fleet in...
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Establishing an Ethos of Energy Conservation
By Ms. Anne Davis, Deputy Commander, Navy Installations Command Energy conservation is important to me and critical to our Navy. Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) is initiating this blog and...
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San Diego Fleet Energy Training Event: Squeezing Capability—and Forward...
By Rear Adm. Kevin Slates Director, Chief of Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division I was fortunate to be able to participate in a “Fleet Energy Training Event” last week, the...
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Leadership and Culture Change Are Paramount to Energy Conservation Goals
By Vice Adm. Bill French Commander, Navy Installations Command Shipmates, I need your help and your engagement. Simply put, we’re using too much energy throughout the shore enterprise and we need to...
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U.S. Fleet Forces Fleet Training Stresses Energy Efficiency
By Joseph W. Murphy Director, Fleet Installations and Environmental Readiness Division, U.S. Fleet Forces Command U.S. Fleet Forces Command hosted type commanders and their operational unit-level...
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Investing in Energy Efficiency
By Capt. Pat Rios Director, CNIC Facilities and Environmental In the last two years (Fiscal Years 2012-2013), the Navy invested more $900 million to make our shore facilities and utilities systems more...
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Energy Independence and the Warfighter
By Vice Adm. Phil Cullom Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics Dr. Heather Willauer and her team at the Naval Research Laboratory recently announced technology they...
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Navy Earth Day 2014 Tour
Navy commands across the globe celebrated Earth Day April 22 and will continue throughout the month of April by participating in local activities that showcase their ongoing commitment to the...
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Renewable Energy Initiatives
By Capt. Pat Rios Director, CNIC Facilities and Environmental Throughout the Navy Shore enterprise, we’re engaging in renewable initiatives. These range from a public-private geothermal power plant...
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Industrial Energy: Next Step in Shore Energy Conservation
Editor’s note: This blog is part of a series of products used to educate and inform leaders, Sailors and other personnel about the Navy Shore Energy Program. This is the fourth blog penned by CNIC N4....
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Energy Security Supports SECNAV, CNO Goals
By Rear Adm. Rick Williams Commander, Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific RIMPAC Task Force Energy and Environment Commander Reliance on fossil fuels and foreign sources of energy...
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Seeing the Light: Shipboard LEDs
Modern lighting improves visibility, saves time and energy, reduces maintenance and safety risks By Rear Adm. Kevin Slates Director, Chief of Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness...
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Energy Action Month: October Ends, Awareness—and Action—Continue
By Vice Adm. Phil Cullom Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics (N4) Forward, from the sea. That’s the mandate we have as the U.S. Navy. Bringing the fight to our enemies,...
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#NavyInnovates in the Arctic
By Dr. Martin Jeffries Office of Naval Research Arctic Science Advisor and Program Officer for Arctic and Global Prediction Something is afoot in the Arctic, and computer models predict that we can...
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U.S. Navy Celebrates Earth Day 2015
U.S. Navy commands are participating in events and activities that celebrate Earth Day, which is Wednesday, throughout the month of April. The Navy’s 2015 theme for Earth Day, “A Sustainable Future...
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Renewable Energy: Powering the Future
By Hon. Dennis McGinn Assistant Secretary of the Navy – Energy, Installations & Environment Energy is at the core of every one of our missions. You may not think about where your energy comes from,...
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What is a Gigawatt?
By Hon. Dennis McGinnAssistant Secretary of the Navy – Energy, Installations & Environment If you’ve ever seen Back to the Future, you’ll know that in order to get the DeLorean running again, Doc...
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On-Base Solar Farms: A Sunny Outlook for the Navy’s Energy Strategy
By Hon. Dennis V. McGinn Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) Renewable energy for the Department of the Navy (DON) is not a distant goal or a vision of the...
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By the Numbers: Navy Signs Agreement for Largest Purchase of Renewable Energy...
The Department of the Navy, Western Area Power Administration (Western), and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power hosted a ceremony, Aug. 20, commemorating an agreement to construct a 210 megawatt (MW) direct...
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Executing Renewable Energy Projects as Environmental Stewards
By Hon. Dennis V. McGinn Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) Since 2009, the Department of the Navy (DON) has been decisively procuring renewable energy to increase...
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