ENERGY STRATEGY FUNDAMENTALS Flashcards
Discuss SECNAV’s Operational Energy goals and desired outcomes
GOALS
1. Increase Alternative Energy Use DoN-Wide: By 2020, 50 percent of total energy consumption will come from alternative sources. The DoN demonstrated certain alternative fuels to be effective drop-in replacements for conventional fossil fuels and qualified them to compete to supply fuel to the DoN through the Defense Logistics Agency Energy.
2. Increase Alternative Energy Ashore: By 2020, the DoN will produce at least 50 percent of shore-based energy requirements from alternative sources; 50 percent of Navy and Marine Corps installations will be net-zero. The DoN’s Renewable Energy Program Office (REPO) is on target to have 1 Gigawatt of renewable energy – enough to power about 250,000 homes or 14 Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers – under procurement by 2016, at
a price at or below brown power.
3. Sail the Great Green Fleet: The DoN will demonstrate a Green Strike Group in local operations by 2012 and sail it by 2016. The DoN demonstrated alternative fuel blends on all ships and aircraft that participated in the 2012 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Ship and air platforms operating on alternative fuel blends performed at full capability during the exercise. Planning is underway to deploy the Great Green Fleet 2016.
4. Reduce Non-Tactical Petroleum Use: By 2015, the DoN will reduce petroleum use in the commercial fleet by 50 percent. The DoN has significantly grown its fleet of alternative fuel-capable vehicles, is expanding its use of telematics to improve fleet performance, and is working to deploy zero-emissions vehicles.
5. Energy Efficient Acquisition: Evaluation of energy factors will be mandatory when awarding DoN contracts for systems and buildings. DoN has issued policy guidance concerning the use of energy-related factors in acquisition planning, technology development, and source selections for platforms and weapons systems.
OUTCOMES
Maintain Presence – Energy efficient operations and diverse energy supplies strengthen our ability to provide the presence necessary to ensure stability, deter potential adversaries, and provide options in times of crisis.
Provide Strategic Flexibility – Diversifying our energy sources helps shield the DoN from volatile energy prices and/or supplies and arms us with operational flexibility.
Boost Combat Capability – Optimizing energy use is a force multiplier that can increase range, endurance, and payload, and
is essential for the effective deployment of next-generation weapons including directed energy weapons and the rail gun.
Protect Sailors and Marines – Using energy efficiently takes fuel convoys off the road and reduces the amount of time our ships are tied to oilers at sea – saving lives, time, and money.
Ensure Mission Success – Our shore installations play a critical role in promoting readiness and generating the force structure necessary for mission success. Improving energy efficiency and increasing the use of alternative energy promotes more secure and resilient installation operations.
Promote Sustainability –
Increasing the use of environmentally responsible technologies afloat and ashore reduces greenhouse gas emissions and lessens dependence on fossil fuels, creating a sustainable model for national defense.
Discuss your unit’s Operational Energy goals
Reduce fuel consumption by 15 percent when compared to Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 baseline - by changing how equipment is used (i.e. effective management of resources).
Increase fuel efficiency of end items by 15 percent when compared to FY 2008 baseline.
Discuss the first step that has to be established in regards to measuring fuel usage
A NECC fuel data architecture and model will be developed. The data architecture will enable logisticians to understand the gaps between current methods to capture fuel use related data and the future data capture process. Two primary options exist for capturing fuel data: fuel data can be captured manually pr by sensors automatically.
Identify the top five energy consumers in your Table of Allowance.
Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) group
Construction equipment, material handling equipment, cranes, and motor transport group excludes MTVRs, generators and ECUs.
Watercraft group (all boats excluding four landing craft, and two amphibious resupply lighters)
Generator group
ECU group
Discuss the five initiatives identified to increase energy efficiency
More efficient ECUs
Improved energy efficiencies for CESE
Insulated Shelters
Highly efficient potable water generation capability
LED lighting to replace current incandescent lighting in shelters.
Discuss DoD’s three-fold approach to meeting Operational Energy goals.
More Fight, Less Fuel: Reduce Demand for Energy in Military Operations. Today’s military missions require large and growing amounts of energy with supply lines that can be costly, vulnerable to disruption, and a burden on Warfighters. The Department needs to improve its ability to measure operational energy consumption, reduce demand, and increase the efficiency of energy use to enhance combat effectiveness.
* More Options, Less Risk: Expand and Secure Energy Supplies for Military Operations. Reliance on a single energy source – petroleum – has economic, strategic, and environmental drawbacks. In addition, the security of energy supply infrastructure for critical missions at fixed installations is not always robust. The Department needs to diversify its energy sources and protect access to energy supplies to have a more assured supply of energy for military missions.
More Capability, Less Cost: Build Energy Security into the Future Force. While the force’s energy requirements entail tactical, operational, and strategic risks, the Department’s institutions and processes for building future military forces do not systematically consider such risks and costs. The Department needs to integrate operational energy considerations into the full range of planning and force development activities.
Discuss efforts at the unit level have contributed to DoD’s Energy Strategy.
Each of the Military Departments has established goals and metrics related to improving the energy efficiency of the force, noted in the table below.i In addition, each of the Military Departments is conducting a variety of activities to reduce the consumption of energy in theater. For example, in June 2011, the Army deployed the 1-megawatt Afghan Microgrid Project (AMP) to Bagram Airfield, and the Marines accelerated deployment of energy-saving technologies to 10 battalions in Afghanistan. A number of forward bases in Afghanistan and Iraq have transitioned from spot generation to prime
power. Already, the Military Departments likely will include legacy equipment modifications and upgrades to reduce energy demand in the FY 2014 – FY 2018 POM submission. Finally, the Military Departments are reducing their demand for operational energy in training by increasing the use of simulators in pilot training and adjusting flying hours accordingly. For instance, the Air Mobility Command (AMC) is reducing fuel consumption by changing the loading and routing of aircraft.
The Military Departments and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) each have made significant S&T investments across a spectrum of power and energy technologies. In addition, the Army and the Marine Corps are developing Initial Capabilities Documents that identify capability gaps and warfighter needs regarding operational energy. Combatant Commands also have S&T Integrated Priority Lists that include energy. Finally, the Department of Energy and private sector are making important research investments with military applications.
DoD Components are engaged in significant efforts to identify and mitigate existing operational risk related to critical missions. Recent improvements in energy-related DCIP oversight through the Energy Grid Security Executive Council, interagency collaboration, joint projects with the utility industry, on-site power generation and backup, and smart-grid research and demonstration projects, are improving the Department’s ability to reduce operational risk. In particular, the Military Departments conducted assessments of the risks posed to mission critical installations, facilities, and activities in response to section 335 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. More broadly, the Military Departments have a long history of working with local utility providers to develop assured power provisioning solutions that are both cost and mission effective.
The Departments of Air Force and Navy have identified goals for the use of alternative fuels. The Air Force is currently working to certify a 50/50 blend of JP-8 and alternative fuel for use in its aircraft and plans to be ready to cost-competitively acquire
50 percent of its domestic aviation fuel requirement, or roughly 387 million gallons of JP-8 per year, via an alternative fuel source by 2016. The Navy plans to purchase 200 thousand gallons of a 50/50 JP-5 and 700 thousand gallons of a 50/50 F-76 to sail a “Green Strike Group” domestically in 2012. This is a step toward the demonstration of a “Great Green Fleet” using 50/50 blends in 2016, which will require 3 million gallons of biofuels. The 2020 goal is to use alternative sources for half of all energy consumption afloat, which will require 300 million gallons of biofuels. The Military Departments and DLA-Energy also are partnering with organizations such as the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative, Air Transport Association, and American Society for Testing and Materials International to promote the development, certification, commercialization, and marketing of alternative fuels.
In August 2011, the Departments of Navy, Energy, and Agriculture announced a joint initiative to, in close partnership with the private sector, help catalyze a competitive advanced biofuels industry compatible with our military infrastructure. Each agency plans to provide $170 million, for a total of $510 million, over the next 3 years to support this initiative, utilizing DPA authorities and the Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation.
While engaged in certification of its equipment for alternative fuels, the Army does not have specific goals or policies in place for procurement or widespread adoption of alternative fuels.
Discuss the common types of alternative energy sources.
The common types of alternative energy sources include renewable energy (wind and solar), fuel cells, and alternative fuels (biofuels and fuel derived from coal).
