Also for the record, the project was financed by North American Development Bank, which was set up by the US and Mexico to develop infrastructure projects that benefit the environment along the border.
The new project enables Davis-Monthan to avoid about 17,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, 11 metric tons of nitrogen oxides, and 17 metric tons of sulfur dioxide annually.
It was built under a power purchase agreement with no up-front cost to the Air Force, so no taxpayers were harmed in the making of this renewable energy project.
From the comment section:
The US Military is the biggest user of fossil fuels on the planet. When the repugs blocked President Obama's Green initiatives in congress... he went around them by executive order and ordered the military to convert to renewable energy sources... that is solar, wind, biofuels from algae, and other sources.
Green energy specialist have noted that this alone will radically drop the costs of manufacturing the alternative energy sources and make the industry viable commercially.
Awesome news.
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