3. Fort Bliss
Triple Net Zero
Colonel Joseph A. Simonelli, Jr.
Commander, Fort Bliss Garrison
Fort Bliss, Texas
4. What is the Goal and Where
Have We Been?
• 33,000+ Soldiers
• 1.1 Million Acres
Projected
Net Zero Energy
• 500 GW-hours/yr
• 70-90MW Peak
• Solar Thermal ESTCP •Hybrid Cooling ECIP
• Solar PV •Building
• UMCS Envelops
Energy • Equipment/Mo
tor Efficiency
•Intelligent
MicroGrid Clusters
•Daylight
•Lighting
Efficiency
•Solar PV
• Solar Day-
Lighting
2015
Redirecting Films • Lighting
•High Gain Solar Efficiency
Technology
ESPC • Tent Spray-On
Insulation
ARRA
Water Waste
2018 2018 Results
ANNUAL REDUCTION OF SMALL SCALE
TOTALS
GREEN HOUSE GASSES RENEWABLES
•Reduction of emissions •SOLAR PV •EFFECTED SQUARE
• CO2 – 40,246,668 LBS •34 BUILDINGS FOOTAGE 17.8M
• NOx – 26,393 LBS •1.1 MW Distributed •ANNUAL COST SAVINGS
• SO2 – 20,851 LBS $2,771,320.00
5. Where Are We Going?
Large Scale Renewable Energy
Near-Term Push to Burn
Path to Success Renewable Energy
Planning & Integration
Contractor Planning and Execution
• Multiple 5 to 20+MW
Solar Photovoltaic Plants
ASA, Garrison, & Integration
• IMCOM Lines of Effort
• 13.2MW Rooftop Solar • “Bridge” Renewable
Photovoltaic Distributed Energy Integrator
Generation • Long Term Integrator
ESPC Contract
• Evaluation of innovative
• Energy Initiatives Task
Unsolicited Proposals Force (ASA IE&E)
(90MW Wind)
• ESPC to start Solar
Photovoltaic Plant and
MicroGrid at Training 20+MW Solar
Ranges with >1.1MW PV PV RFP’s by
• 90MW Waste-To-Energy
and Concentrated Solar 1Q12
Thermal Plant
6. “20/20” Concept
for Renewable Energy
• Hybrid and Phased Approach to Implementation of
Large Scale Renewables
– Initial “20/20” Concept implements 20MW Solar
Photovoltaic and 20MW Natural Gas Turbine generation
– Provides inherent “back up” power for intermittent
renewable energy
– Concept of Operations for this system in tandem operation
alleviates many of the utility scale technical concerns for
interconnection of large scale intermittent renewables
• Implementation Plan over time allows for build up
of systems to incrementally achieve…
– Energy Independence & Security
– Production of as much Renewable Energy as we consume
We can meet the 2015 Goal for Energy Net Zero!
7. Challenges and Approach
• Utility/State • Find Successful Legal and
Contracting Path Forward
Levels of the Army
Regulatory
Teaming at All
Environment
• Army Definition and
• Cost of Approval of the True Cost
Renewable of Net Zero & Renewable
Energy Energy for the Army
• Approval
Process • Consolidated Process for
Hurdles Project Approval to Meet
Mission Goal Timelines
Fort Bliss will strive to push / pull the implementation of renewable energy
and sustainable water and waste strategies to become the premier Net Zero
Installation for the Army
