US Military Arming Energy Resiliency with Microgrids

To ensure critical facilities remain operational during power outages or emergencies, the U.S. Army announced in 2022 its plan to install microgrids at each of its 130 bases w or ldwide by 2035. In October 2023, the U.S. Army C or ps of Engineers (USACE) broke ground on the construction of the F or t Campbell facilities.

This microgrid will enable the garrison to sustain 100% of its mission capability f or up to two weeks in the event of a grid outage.

U.S. military goes all in on microgrids
The Army has installed microgrids at F or t Hunter Liggett, Camp Arifjan in Kuwait and F or t Cavazos (f or merly F or t Hood), among others. It is also testing mobile microgrid systems designed to power field hospitals and is piloting microgrid-related projects at installations including West Point, White Sands Missile Range and F or t Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Other branches of the military have made similar commitments to leverage microgrids f or base resilience. Microgrids have been installed or are under construction at Marine C or ps Air Station Miramar in Calif or nia, Kirtland Air F or ce Base in New Mexico, Naval Base Guam, Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut, and Yokota Air Base in Japan.