Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: Nov. 13, 2002

Provided by EREN Network News*News and Events U.S. Navy Dedicates a 750-Kilowatt Solar Power System Company Proposes 12.5 Gigawatts of Wind at 17 Offshore Sites DOE Releases Its Strategic Plan for Efficiency, Renewables DOE Refocuses Truck Initiative and Unveils Hydrogen Roadmap Puget Sound Energy to Restructure Time-of-Use Pilot Ethanol Construction Boom Brings Michigan Its First Plant How About Solar Power on the Moon?*Site NewsPractical Ocean Energy Management Systems (POEMS)*Energy Facts and TipsEIA Updates Energy Analyses for Iraq and Afghanistan———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS———————————————————————-U.S. Navy Dedicates a 750-Kilowatt Solar Power SystemThe U.S. Navy announced last week that it has installed the largest federal solar power system to date at Naval Base Coronado, located in San Diego, California. The 750-kilowatt system generates enough electricity during the day to power 935 homes. The photovoltaic panels also form a half-mile-long covered parking structure in the naval base’s parking lot, providing shading for more than 400 vehicles. The solar panels actually have a peak capacity of 924 kilowatts, but the system that connects the panels to the electrical grid will produce only 750 kilowatts. That system converts the direct current output from the panels into three-phase, 12-kilovolt power that is fed into the Navy’s electrical distribution system.The […]

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