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  • April

    A Soldier pointing at a Quonset hut.

    Energy contract saving Fort Bliss millions, providing Soldiers comfort

    One aspect of the contract not only provides for the overall financial and environmental savings, but aids in the physical comfort of Soldiers training at the Fort Bliss Operational Readiness-Mission Training Complex (OR-MTC) supporting deploying and redeploying service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors.

  • February

    Lieutenant General Edward M. Daley, Army Materiel Command deputy commanding general and event host, addresses the crowd during the Redstone Arsenal Solar and Battery Project ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb.23. The new 114-acre, renewable solar energy complex, located on Magazine Road, generates about 10 megawatt, alternating current, on-site solar renewable energy.

    Huntsville Center solar energy, storage system project enhances Redstone Arsenal’s readiness

    Redstone Arsenal's new 114-acre, renewable solar energy complex generates about 10 megawatt, alternating current, on-site solar renewable energy.

  • September

    SunPower Contractors use a backhoe to loosen dirt surrounding a support base at Redstone Arsenal's future solar array site. The project, developed by Redstone Arsenal's Directorate of Public Works, the OEI and the Huntsville Center's Energy Division, is the first Power Purchase Agreement Program project solicited through the renewable and alternative energy Multiple Award Task Order Contract awarded by Huntsville Center in 2013.

    Redstone solar project moving along

    The solar array project, developed by Redstone Arsenal’s Directorate of Public Works, the Army Office of Energy Initiatives and Huntsville Center’s Energy Division, is the first Power Purchase Agreement project solicited through the renewable and alternative energy Multiple Award Task Order Contract awarded by Huntsville Center.

  • June

    William J. Eggleston III, right, a safety engineer with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville's Safety Office, explains a solar array project at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to summer hire, Lorraine Rosello Del Valle; Erika Cosper, a Pathways Intern; and Jacob Morrison, a summer hire during a recent trip to Fort Campbell. Work on the solar array began in 2012 when the Fort Campbell Directorate of Public Works partnered with the Huntsville Center and the Department of Energy to put together a renewable energy plan for the post.

    Phase II increases Fort Campbell solar array wattage

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony June 9 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, celebrated the completion of the final phase of Fort Campbell’s 5 megawatt solar array.
  • From left to right, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Riley Cmd. Sgt. Major James Collins; Albert "Chip" Marin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville; Joseph Cvetas, Executive Vice President, Southland Industries; H. Sandy Walker, Fort Riley Public Works; and Col. John Lawrence, Fort Riley Garrison Commander, turn ceremonial dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony June 13 at Fort Riley, Kansas. The ceremony highlighted the award of an energy savings contract to Southland Energy and commemorated the start of the construction phase.The contract is overseen by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

    Fort Riley leaders, partners break ground on energy saving contract

    This first phase of a multi-phased ESPC project at Fort Riley will provide $37,721,463 in facility improvements across 280 buildings.

  • January

    Negotiations reduce utility cost for Tensas-Cocodrie Pumping Station

    Huntsville Center's Commercial Utilities Program works with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District to identify utility savings at the Tensas-Cocodrie Pumping Plant in Monterey, Louisiana.
  • The U.S. Army team received this year’s Federal Energy Management Program Director’s Award for executing over $1 billion in performance contracts leading all federal agencies in the Presidents Performance Contracting Challenge of $4 billion by 2016 at the ceremony Dec. 7, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Receiving the award are Randy Shed, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability; Randy Smidt, Office of Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management; Margaret Simmons, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville; Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment; Pamela Griffith, Defense Logistics Agency-Energy; Michael Norton, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville; and David Williams, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    USACE garners 2016 FEMP Award

    Leading the effort to save taxpayers’ money and contribute to energy and water efficiency, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, was recently recognized alongside other members of the Army team with several 2016 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards.

  • November

    Porscha Porter, Huntsville Center’s Energy Division branch chief for Strategy and Business Management, moderates a panel focusing on federal government energy initiatives and partnerships during Energy Huntsville's Energy Summit Nov.15 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

    Energy Summit 2016 provides energy insight for government, businesses

    Representatives from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville participated in Energy Huntsville’s Energy Summit 2016 Nov. 17-18 at the Davidson Center on the campus of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

  • May

    Paul Robinson, left, Huntsville Center Energy Division chief, and Mike McGhee, Army Office of Energy Initiatives executive director, engage with theHuntsville Center Energy Division team during a program overview at the Center May 6.

    OEI director visits Huntsville Center

    Mike McGhee met with the Center’s Energy Division team, which works closely with OEI to procure and manage large-scale renewable energy projects bringing energy security to Army installations worldwide.