Submarine base celebrates project that will allow it to make its own electricity
25 Oct 2024
Community Interest, Military
Navy, state and local officials on Wednesday celebrated the completion of a micro-grid at the Naval Submarine Base, a project they said will make the base more energy-resilient and serve as a model for other military installations across the country.
Capt. Kenneth M. Curtin Jr., commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base, called the project, which was more than a decade in the making, a “game changer” that will ensure energy resiliency and efficiency at the base.
A micro-grid system allows the Navy to generate its own electricity and ensures the base will have electricity, if there should be a power outage from the public grid, Curtin explained. He said the micro-grid at the base is the first of its kind of this scale in the Navy.