Forward operating bases, or FOBs, are integral and critical to the U.S. military mission. FOBs range in size and function but typically include airfields, vehicle, fuel and supply depots, barracks, maintenance facilities, communications centers and electricity transmission infrastructure. They use a lot of energy—fuel and electricity.
One thing all FOBs have in common: they are costly to build and operate, in large part, because of energy requirements. In addition, the harsh climate and the dangerous supply lines in Iraq and Afghanistan pose special problems. Builders often rely on goods imported over treacherous and sometimes embattled supply lines, all of which translates to extraordinary cost and safety risks.
Convoys to FOBs are targets, and the military recognizes that it must reduce energy consumption through efficiency and increasing use of renewable fuels at FOBs to increase safety and mobility while reducing costs.
New efficient and portable renewable energy systems are being developed by the Defense Department and private industry—solar, wind, energy storage systems. The goal is to demonstrate new, integrated energy systems, incorporating efficiency in every aspect of operations, to achieve a “net zero” FOB.
Last December, the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, the Office of Naval Research, Marine Corps Systems Command, and the USMC Expeditionary Energy Office jointly launched the Experimental Forward Operating Base (ExFOB) at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Designed to simulate the energy and water demands of FOBs in Operation Enduring Freedom, ExFOB is a four-phase experiment that will test methods to reduce the logistical needs of combat units in a deployed environment. The first evaluation took place this spring.
In this compelling webinar, you will hear the first-phase results of ExFOB, and presenters will discuss some of the energy efficiency and renewable technologies that are available, in use or in development.
- What are the principal energy issues at FOBs and what are the cost parameters?
- What has been learned from ExFOB?
- What are the next steps in ExFOB?
- How does the military procurement system for new energy efficient and renewable technologies work?
- Can the lessons of FOBs and ExFOB be translated to the U.S. civilian energy economy?
- What new technologies are under development, and what areas need additional R&D?
Hear from:
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Ms. Kelly Merkel
Renewable Energy Analyst
U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office |
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Mr. Gil Metzger
Director for Intelligent Microgrid Solutions
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control |
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Mr. Dave Muchow
President and CEO
SkyBuilt Power |
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Dr. James Short
Technical Advisor to Director of Operational Energy Plans & Programs
Department of Defense |
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Webinar Moderator
Eric Lindeman
Editor
Clean Energy Direct
The Energy Daily Network
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You will take away from this 90 minute webinar knowledgeable insight and analysis of what the near term future holds for energy efficiency and renewable technologies in Forward Base Operations.
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