Story by Paul Cage | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 06.09.2021
It has been one year since U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard the Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on May 17, 2020....
Story by denise emsley | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Hawaii | 09.28.2020
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded Ameresco Inc., Framingham, a $14,375,273 firm-fixed-price contract to install a solar photovoltaic system (PV), a solar thermal system, HVAC improvements, and lighting improvements at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH)....
Story by denise emsley | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Hawaii | 09.28.2020
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii awarded Ameresco Inc., Framingham, a $14,375,273 firm-fixed-price contract to install a solar photovoltaic system (PV), a solar thermal system, HVAC improvements, and lighting improvements at Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam (JBPHH)....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 05.18.2020
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on May XX as part of a comprehensive investigation into prospective terrestrial use of solar energy captured in space....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 04.13.2020
International Space Station astronaut Jessica Meir completed the first U.S. Naval Research Laboratory power-beaming demonstration in orbit February 12, 2020, using relatively simple components suitable for STEM activities....
Story by Emanuel Cavallaro | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | 10.21.2019
At NRL, electronics engineer Paul Jaffe has been conducting space-based solar energy research for more than a decade, focusing in part on transmitting solar energy from space to Earth. According to Jaffe, power beaming could make possible the transmission of power from solar-energy-collecting satellites in space to the ground, wherever it’s needed....
Story by Roland Balik | 436th Airlift Wing | 05.11.2018
Keeping consistent with Department of Defense energy conservation initiatives, 149 of 982 houses at Dover Family Housing community known as Eagle Heights, are scheduled to have rooftop photovoltaic (PV) panels, commonly known as solar panels, installed over the next five months....
Story by Staff Sgt. Anita Stratton | 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.10.2017
As part of the Oregon Army National Guard’s (ORARNG) ongoing facility replacements and renovations, the Oregon Military Department (OMD) is adding photovoltaic (PV), or solar, systems to its installations. The Roseburg Readiness Center, a 20,000-square-foot facility in Roseburg, Oregon, is the first structure to add the PV panels to become an electric net zero facility. The facility is......
