The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon as part of a Biden administration plan to promote energy conservation and clean energy

The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Biden administration’s plan to promote clean energy and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.”

The Pentagon is one of 31 government sites that are receiving $104 million in Energy Department grants that are expected to double the amount of carbon-free electricity at federal facilities and create 27 megawatts of clean-energy capacity while leveraging more than $361 million in private investment, the Energy Department said.

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The solar panels are among several improvements set for the Pentagon, which also will install a heat pump system and solar thermal panels to reduce reliance on natural gas and fuel oil combustion systems

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I was pleasantly surprised that Trump didn’t remove the W Bush era or Obama era installed solar panels at the White House. My only explanation as to why he didn’t was because he didn’t know they were there.

    • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Trump probably didn’t even know they were there.

      I remember when Obama removed the W era solar panels, all the republicunts went bananas, screeching, “wHaT ABout tEh ENvirONMenT?!!1??” because they were too stupid to understand that Obama was upgrading them.

      In 2003, the George W. Bush administration reinstalled solar thermal heaters. These units are used to heat water for landscape maintenance personnel and for the presidential pool and spa. One hundred sixty-seven solar photovoltaic grid-tied panels were installed at the same time on the roof of the maintenance facility. The changes were not publicized, as a White House spokeswoman said the changes were an internal matter. The story was picked up by industry trade journals.

      In 2010, Steven Chu, the secretary of energy under the Barack Obama administration, announced that solar panels would be reinstalled on the roof saying that “As we move towards a clean energy economy, the White House will lead by example”. The panels were installed in 2013, making it the first time solar power would be used for the president’s living quarters.

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