The DOD Energy Blog

Hello new, old and ancient (no offense) DEB readers.  Please accept my apologies for taking more than 12 months to add a new post when during the good old days (2008-2013) this was a weekly if...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2015/12/2015-end-of-year-update.html

Cross-posted from the Smart Grid Security Blog Long-time readers of the SGSB might have wondered if they'd ever see another post. Me too. After producing an average of 1+ posts per week since i...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/11/energy-security-postscript-and-next.html

Maybe you got it too, but in case you didn't, this is just in from Ollie Fritz: There is a civilian job opportunity on the OEPP Policy team that I wanted to share with the defense energy communi...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/07/window-closing-to-apply-for-outanding.html

Try not to get greedy, but it looks like legendary but MIA DOD Energy blogger Dan Nolan has just emerged and offered up a tapas-sized post. Let's see how he does: One of the nation’s missi...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/05/energy-storage-for-dod-ic-energy.html

Sorry, it's been a while, but this news echoed something a Navy friend in Idaho told me earlier this week and I was compelled to post. It's not about transmutation of lead into gold, it's not...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/04/dod-energy-tech-advance-nrls-seawater.html

Scott Sklar shared a sad update with me this weekend on the untimely passing of his friend and DOD Energy colleague, Stephen Siegel: > For the last 15 years I have worked very closely�...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/03/remembering-dod-energy-pioneer-steve.html

Army energy wizard and acting branch chief Harold Sanborn, who's had his hands on SPIDERS since day one, will be there. So will my fellow Zoomie Stuart McCafferty, CEO of GridIntellect , who's b...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/03/spiders-secure-microgrid-industry-show.html

I few weeks ago I posted on "Hybrid Hopes for Greatly Reducing Operational Base Fuel Requirements " Since then, two more things have come my way.  One was a note from DOD Energy friend and gur...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/02/operational-base-energy-smarts-finally.html

Sounds like a microgrid disguised as a generator.  See what you think: > Today, the U.S. military powers its operating bases with diesel > generators that run continuously. The ...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/02/hybrid-hopes-for-greatly-reducing.html

Dear Reader, You may have noticed the number of posts has tapered off lately on the DOD Energy Blog. I've got to tell you that it's not from lack of interest or diminished activity in our spa...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/01/announcing-blogging-slowdown-as-new.html

I've been reading about, sometimes writing about, and occasionally extolling the many virtues of microgrids for some time now.  I even remember when, shortly after starting this blog, I was ...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-make-microgrid.html

I have a one-time special good deal for you, DEB aficionados.  You are cordially invited to a briefing announcing the research findings from: Power Surge: How the Department of Defense Leverag...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/01/youre-invited-to-dod-power-surge-energy.html

We've posted on the great work of the Marines exFOB many times before, and I'm happy to be doing so once again to kick off 2014. There's an RFI out for submissions on "Tactical Energy Har...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2014/01/rfi-alert-usmc-tactical-energy.html

The concept of a key performance parameter (KPP) or metric for Energy goes back to the two DSB Reports on Energy in 2001 and 2008 and by 2009 it made it to the NDAA. This blogger has been writi...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-energy-kpp-now-crawls-no-running.html

Air Force DAS Energy's Kevin Geiss, in a recent panel discussion, made the case for improved and continued partnerships on energy with all of the DOD services. Along the way, he took a turn...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/12/dr-geiss-provides-best-definition-of.html

This DOD-relevant post comes to you courtesy of the good folks at the Smart Grid Security Blog. First off, thanks to friend and colleague Ernie Hayden for writing a microgrid security post foll...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/11/sandia-and-hayden-on-cybersecurity.html

After being introduced by a mutual friend in the energy business, I had the chance to speak with a representative of the VA last week and I came away with such a great impression of this mos...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/11/department-of-veterans-affairs-solar.html

This is a very short post that may portend something big.  Energy storage has been the Holy Grail for the renewables sector some time now, and likely will continue to be for the foreseeable futu...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-energy-future-starting-to-show-up.html

DOD's Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS microgrid program) prime integrator Burns & McDonnell has produced an outstanding white paper for a...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/10/happy-halloween-dod-great-microgrid.html

Underway replenishment On the heals of last week's post on China surpassing the US to become the biggest importer, two recent articles ponder oil's place in our world, particularly in light ...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/10/time-for-us-oil-change.html

From this morning's WSJ.  You don't need my help to quickly understand how the shift described below will impact US and DOD policymakers in the years ahead. The article is titled: Middle East ...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/10/major-oil-market-shift-of-colossal.html

Inside the Middie Dome OK, I don't want to spend much more time on follies. Would much rather accentuate the positive. But based on feedback to the previous follies post , looks like one mor...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/10/dod-energy-follies-part-2-middies.html

The DOD Energy Blog is loaded with posts documenting many cases of USN's forward-thinking energy savings strategies and actions. Now it's time to be fair and balanced. The stories you are abo...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/10/and-now-for-something-completely.html

Hat tip to CAPT Jim Goudreau, Dir Navy Energy Coordination Office, for the heads-up on this brief article and apologies for the latency in getting it posted. The Navy continues to be active in ...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/10/usn-save-energy-unless-you-cant.html

Hat tip to OSD's Ollie Fritz again (and again). Straight up, here are highlights from an interview with Dr Kevin Geiss, DASAF for Energy, from a recent article: "A more fuel-efficient Air Force...

http://dodenergy.blogspot.com/2013/09/geiss-on-air-force-energy-progress-sep.html