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Directly addressing contested logistics requirements, Beacon's maritime products provide the US Navy with edge AI/ML capabilities informed by a constantly evolving real-time operational digital twin. In a recent story from National Defense Magazine, Josh Luckenbaugh interviews our CEO and President as they explain Beacon's contribution digitally transforming US Navy shipboard operations. #GENISYS #energyefficiency #maritimeoperations #defenseinnovation #NavySBIR #digitaltransformation

I don’t know much about underway replenishment operations, but I imagine they are challenging even in fair conditions. Any opportunity to make their planning and execution more efficient will have a significant operational impact. This article describes the use of a #SBIR to implement a solution that could have traditionally gone to a more established defense contractor, it’s a very creative solution by this #Navy #acquisitions team. I would be curious to learn more about how the GENISYS suite of applications maintains connectivity and security in such a dispersed (and potentially contested) operating environment.

Find our new publication - Executive Summary of the field experiment conducted by NATO ENSEC COE in the summer of 2023, utilizing Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology within the military environment https://lnkd.in/dnJ64y6i

Pioneering Sustainable Solutions for Military Installations A Major Step Toward Energy Efficiency The Department of Defense (DOD) has announced a significant investment of over $55 million in federal grants. This funding is earmarked for projects aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and resilience at military bases worldwide. #DODCybersecurityThreatsDefense #DODEnergyEfficiencyProjects #FederalGrantsforMilitaryBases #GlobalMilitaryEnergyResilience #InnovativeMilitaryEnergyTechnologies #JenniferMGranholmonDecarbonization #KathleenHicksonOperationalCapability #MilitaryBaseSustainableSolutions #PentagonEnergyConservation #SustainableMilitaryInstallations

The renewables + storage microgrid at the Army's Fort Hunter Liggett FHL installation here in CA is particularly interesting as it was designed and built to provide up to 14 days of power in the event that external grid power is lost. This resiliency requirement applies to nearly all military installations. "The following requirements constitute the metrics and standards for the achievement of energy resilience at permanent and enduring installations: .......provide for a minimum of 14 days of energy disruption, unless otherwise prescribed by the military department or other departmental guidance;......." (SUBJECT: Metrics and Standards for Energy Resilience at Military Installations, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, May 2021). US Army Ameresco US Army Corps of Engineers #lawrenceberkeleylab #forthunterliggett #resiliency #militaryinstallation

Resilient electric power is essential to America's energy security, including U.S. military bases and first-response emergency services. To ensure long-term energy assurance, more #transmission is necessary. Learn more in this fact sheet from ACORE's Macro Grid Initiative. 👇 https://lnkd.in/eVgkji5C

A new long-duration energy storage system was commissioned this week at the Contingency Basing Integration Training Evaluation Center (CBITEC) at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Called an energy warehouse, it will demonstrate how long-duration energy storage (LDES) systems, and specifically iron flow battery technology, can reduce the military’s consumption of diesel as well as improve energy resilience at contingency bases. The energy warehouse was delivered by ESS Tech, a manufacturer of commercial and utility-scale LDES systems, and it replaces an ESS prototype that was installed in 2016. ESS’ energy warehouse is a containerized long-duration energy storage system powered by iron flow batteries. LDES systems can store energy for long periods for future dispatch, often as long as eight to 12 hours, compared to shorter-duration lithium ion chemistries. The energy warehouse was integrated into a tactical microgrid at CBITEC that is used to simulate the variety of conditions that can be encountered at contingency bases, which include forward operating bases, remote installations and temporary bases erected to provide disaster relief. Most contingency bases today are powered by diesel generators, but transporting the fuel necessary to maintain reliable power puts military personnel at risk, especially in active combat zones. The demonstration is expected to prove that adding an LDES system to a contingency base microgrid can provide energy resilience, optimize the use of diesel generators and reduce diesel fuel consumption by up to 40%. The Army Corps of Engineers is not the only U.S. military group testing the possibilities of LDES-powered microgrids. With funding from the Department of Defense’s Innovation Unit, a similar system will be installed at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York. The prototype will be installed by Ameresco and its strategic partner Redflow, a manufacturer of long-duration zinc-bromine flow batteries. To save energy & cost for your business, contact me at https://buff.ly/2EjAMbu. #Reliability #EnergyStorage #EnergyEfficiency #Renewables #EnergyAudit #Procurement #Resilience https://buff.ly/4b0zCyF

Our updated Energy Assurance Campaign Plan provides a foundation for collaboration, cooperation and innovation in all energy-related fields across the organization. Energy assurance IS mission assurance. It plays a vital role in everything that we do, and managing the energy portfolio appropriately, in alignment with United States Air Force guidance, is key to mission successes. #USAF #readiness #energy #energyassurance #defense

It is sad to me that the movement towards a just global energy transition involves things like this, tearing apart pre existing systems because of the battle for dominance of the energy market and the energy data management market is so cut throat. My biggest hope is that if governments are going to be investing in clean energy tech only to tear it out shortly later that all those precious metals mined out of the earth go to recycling plants and any investments in storage come from recycled lithium instead of opening up tons of new local mines. The issue of BMS and Cyber security is something our industry needs to take seriously just like the safety while operating these (thermal runaway ect) but I personally hope we as an industry can utilize a mindful eye towards cultural collaboration that can help heal the planet faster because we are running out of time to reverse all the damage to our planet and this sort of thing just slows us down.

The U.S. Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace has decreed “Awardable” status to microgrid gen-set provider Enchanted Rock. The status allows Enchanted Rock’s technologies to be included in the marketplace venue for Department of Defense (D0D) organizations considering on-site projects and solutions in the data, analytics, digital and artificial intelligence/machine learning categories. The company typically deploys generator-sets for microgrids utilizing natural gas and renewable natural gas fuels. Military microgrids are a growing sub-sector in the industry. In the past year, the U.S. Army, New York Air National Guard, Air Force, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Marines have approved, started work or completed microgrid and on-site renewable energy projects. Enchanted Rock offers engineering, installation, operations and maintenance services with projects. The categories or tiers named in the DoD’s Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace include the utility partner model, where the utility owns and operates the asset; integrated resiliency on call, where Enchanted Rock owns and operates the microgrid; Energy Savings Performance Contracts; and System Sale, in which the customer owns the assets and receives grid services revenues while the developer manages the market services. Grid services are taking an increasing role in the value chain case for aggregated distributed energy resources such as microgrids. These can include peak demand response, inertia support, voltage control, virtual power plants and other ancillary services. Solutions which were elevated into the DoD’s Tradewinds Marketplace were assessed and vetted through competitive procedures and competition requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, and statutes, policies and guidance of the Defense Department’s other transaction authorities. To save energy & cost for your business, contact me at https://buff.ly/2EjAMbu. #Reliability #EnergyStorage #EnergyEfficiency #Renewables #EnergyAudit #Procurement #Resilience https://buff.ly/3S0XryE