About the "COATESVILLE SOLAR INITIATIVE (CSI) CONDITIONAL USE HEARING"

I don’t know if KEARES Electrical Contracting, INC developers of the planned solar array in Caln that will power the Veteran’s hospital planned it that way or if it is serendipity but a mostly solar powered military hospital (Coatesville VA Medical Center) is a perfect fit for our new military.

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COATESVILLE SOLAR INITIATIVE (CSI) CONDITIONAL USE HEARING 

Thursday, October 06, 2011 at 7:00 PM 

Last updated 9/14/2011 11:50:14 AM

Some people are already aware that the satellite driven communications like streaming video and GPS mapping that are now a part of everyday life were developed more than a decade ago by our Department of Defense. I know about it because a DoD employee friend of mine's team developed that satellite communication system. Several everyday ceramic materials and computer systems were developed by NASA. Before that the internet was developed, again by the Department of Defense, as an assured communication system in the event of a nuclear war. New technologies that grew into “can’t live without” products and enormously profitable industries grew out of our military’s and NASA’s technological need.

Gasoline and electric rates have not zoomed upwards because our economy is in a severe recession. A lot of people are not driving to work because their jobs are gone. Several businesses that used electricity do not exist anymore. Once the economy comes back gasoline prices will zoom upwards, companies will use electricity and electric cars will make more demands on our electric grid.

Electric companies love solar arrays. Solar is an ideal fit for mitigating sharp demands on the electric grid because they produce during the peak demand hours for electricity.

Just in the last year solar power start up costs have dropped dramatically. Solar generation is very close to parity to coal generation. If the coal, oil and gas industries seem desperate it's because they are well aware that their end is near.

Right now our military is poised to make a permanent and wide ranging transformation from fossil fuel dependence to renewable energy. Our entire society, our industries, our corporations and infrastructure will follow in their footsteps.

The US Marine Corps has transformed its forward operating bases from fossil fuel dependent to renewable on site energy generating systems. Our US Navy is planning a “Great Green Fleet”.

“The energy risks and challenges facing DoD are evident in its energy profile.  It is the single largest consumer of energy in the United States and one of the largest institutional energy users in the world, having consumed 819 trillion BTUs of energy in 2010. Oil products accounted for 80 percent of DoD’s final energy consumption. In 2009, DoD used more than 375,000 barrels of oil per day, more than all but 35 countries. 

Another 11 percent of DoD’s energy is delivered in the form of electricity. DoD’s oil and electricity use are reflected in the department’s emerging organizational structure for advancing energy innovation.   Fuel is primarily used for operational energy requirements and is in the purview of the newly created position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, currently held by Sharon Burke.  Operational energy has been referenced by DoD as the “energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms for military operations.” The energy risks and challenges facing DoD are evident in its energy profile.  It is the single largest consumer of energy in the United States and one of the largest institutional energy users in the world, having consumed 819 trillion BTUs of energy in 2010. Oil products accounted for 80 percent of DoD’s final energy consumption. In 2009, DoD used more than 375,000 barrels of oil per day, more than all but 35 countries. 

Electricity is primarily needed to fulfill the energy requirements of fixed installations and bases.  Installation energy management is overseen at DoD by the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, Dorothy Robyn.”

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