{"id":116453,"date":"2013-10-08T11:19:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T09:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/?p=116453"},"modified":"2020-10-27T11:49:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T10:49:25","slug":"fox-news-u-s-army-saves-energy-and-lives-with-mobile-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sma-sunny.com\/us\/fox-news-u-s-army-saves-energy-and-lives-with-mobile-solar-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News: U.S. Army Saves Energy and Lives with Mobile Solar Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe data-src=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/video-embed.html?video_id=2727443114001\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 5px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/2727443114001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saving lives, energy on the battlefield<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/2727443114001\/&amp;src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"http:\/\/cdn.embed.ly\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more-->The U.S. Army is investing heavily in solar power technology, with an estimated one gigawatt (GW) of renewables scheduled to deploy by 2025. The move towards renewable energy is aimed not only to save energy and reduce spending but to save lives.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. Army is protecting fuel convoys as they deliver diesel fuel to remote locations. The US Army has experienced one casualty for every 24 missions in some years \u2013 according to a recent Bloomberg article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-09-30\/exploding-fuel-tankers-driving-u-s-army-to-solar-power.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exploding Fuel Tankers Driving US Army to Solar Power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Investing in <a href=\"http:\/\/sundialsmartpower.com\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SunDial SmartPower<\/a>\u2019s mobile PV solution has allowed the U.S. Army to reduce its dependency on diesel generators. 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