9 Apr 2024

Total solar eclipse draws visitors to multiple reservoirs across Pittsburgh District for historic sighting

The sky turned to nightfall for several minutes as visitors stood beneath the shadow of the moon.

11 Aug 2023

Solar energy to power JTFB Los Alamitos and beyond

Commander Col. Andrew Baker and leaders of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Energy Resilience Project, Aug. 11, at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, California. The project was joint effort, involving the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy & Environment), California Military Department, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bright Canyon Energy.

29 Oct 2021

Using sunshine, plastic, and pollination to help the environment

Can plastic help birds, bees, butterflies, and bass? It can, if the plastic is part of a process called solarization, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ staff at Mosquito Creek Lake are using it to improve the entire regional watershed.

29 Jul 2016

Corps helps modernize Army Reserve’s largest training area as it celebrates 75 years

The largest installation in the U.S. Army Reserve boasts an impressive 165,000 acres of terrain on which to train Soldiers, land C-17’s and do critical live-fire training.

7 Jul 2016

Huntsville Center awards Fort Campbell solar project

Huntsville Center, working with the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Campbell, Kentucky, awarded a $15 million contract July 6 to BITHENERGY Inc., a Baltimore-based small business, for a 3.1 mega-watt solar array that will complete the installation’s state grant requirement for a 5 MW solar array.

3 Jun 2016

Sun shines on Redstone Arsenal energy savings

Officials symbolically broke ground June 3 on a renewable energy solar project designed to bolster Redstone Arsenal’s energy security. The 10 megawatt solar power system, which will be located on approximately 66 acres off Redstone Road, is expected to be operational by December.

28 Apr 2016

Huntsville Center awards contract for Redstone Arsenal solar project

Huntsville Center, working with the U.S. Army Office of Energy Initiatives and the U.S. Army Garrison - Redstone Arsenal, awarded a contract today to SunPower Corporation for an 8 MW solar facility on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. It is the first award on the renewable and alternative energy MATOC.

18 Apr 2016

Second wind turbine brings Tooele Army Depot closer to net zero energy

A second wind turbine now towers nearly 300 feet above the rugged landscape of Utah’s Tooele Army Depot, part of a rapidly growing sustainable energy network constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District.

28 Sep 2015

Fort Campbell solar array’s first phase ‘plugs in’

Fort Campbell officials marked a huge accomplishment in renewable energy Sept. 21 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Phase One of the installation’s solar array, made possible through a Utility Energy Services Contract.

29 Jul 2015

Army issues notice of intent to award for Fort Campbell solar project

Huntsville Center, working with the U.S. Army Garrison – Fort Campbell, Kentucky, today issued a notice of intent to award to BITHENERGY for a 3.1MW Solar array Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that will complete the installation’s requirement for a 5MW solar array.