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Solar Energy and the Army

When one thinks of modern armed forces know that we are an institution highly technical. The army tends to be the first group to understand, use and application of some of the most recent discoveries.

This is particularly true when solar energy is concerned. The object for use in almost every room of jeeps tanks mobile equipment. Some soldiers are equipped with modern and equipped with solar panels folded (some directly implemented into the field like jackets) that can power small portable devices such as GPS devices and cell phones or satellite. The army also uses Modern technologies of solar energy less complex functions, such as solar lights to light engines used poles and buildings on military bases and buildings throughout the world. Clearly this means that solar energy has been constant and constantly improved and implemented by military has since been used for the first time in the 1950s.

Today, solar technologies – especially when the soldiers are involved – to use essentially creating sustainable energy sources. This is the reason that appears in vehicles and in the backs of soldiers, and also why used in many satellites in orbit around the Earth. To this day, is one of the most discussed and provides solar energy projects for the military to the area of solar farms. This should be able to provide any military operation with power uninterrupted power, because of the location of the satellite in space. The way you work sounds very simple – the collectors receive a reservation inexhaustible light, as he remained in orbit. This energy is then transferred by a beam of microwaves to a collector on the ground. All this translates into a military capability for the provision of any area of the planet (For a collector who has been given) with electrical service, regardless weather.

In addition, the U.S. military is also the builder of the largest solar power plant in the world. Currently, the Nellis Air Force Base Nevada has about 140 acres of solar panels that are able to provide 25% of the energy field. Once the panels are fully operational will Based savings of about $ 83,000 a year in electricity consumption. As it happens, Nellis Air Force Base also uses target = "_blank"> energy solar security lights to ensure the safety of soldiers stationed at the base.

Course not only saving the government's economic and everybody, so deeply interested in solar energy, is also the ability to reduce energy consumption and greater reliance on renewable resources.

About the Author

Jonathan Gal is a solar lighting expert and owner of YCA Solar Lights, an organization dedicated to promoting clean, energy efficient solar lighting technology. To find out more about how solar technology is changing the way we live, especially with respect to lighting, you are invited to visit Jonathan’s Solar Lights site.


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