Various branches of the Armed Services also began introducing solar devices for operational use including portable canopies, self-assembling tents, backpacks, fold-out solar panels, and microgrids enabled by renewable energy, helping to grow the civilian market for solar-enabled devices. Neverthless, the US Department of Defense has also adopted elements of ESG, particularly with a focus on decarbonization.ĭuring the Obama administration, military facilities became early adopters of large-scale solar arrays, spurring interest among private sector investors. The decarbonization angle explains why fossil energy advocates and their allies have been railing against “woke capitalism” and ESG investing. Decarbonization is a leading aim of the environmental leg of the stool.
Who’s Afraid Of The ESG?įor those of you new to the topic, ESG is shorthand for the environment, social, and governance principles that are becoming standard operating procedure for US businesses in the 21st century.
It’s also a poke in the eye for State Treasurer Dale Folwell, who has been on a tear against ESG investing of late. The solar-plus-storage system is the largest of its kind in the state. An 11-megawatt energy storage system just cranked up at US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, complementing an existing 13-megawatt solar array. The US Marine Corps was an early adopter of solar power, and now it has a new feather in its cap.
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