A report by the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense hits wasteful spending on solar energy projects on board Navy and Marine bases in Hawaii and California. The report, issued September 20, 2011 focuses on solar contracts let in 2009 but has obvious implications for alternative energy projects awarded in 2010
and for the $500M of DoD solar contracts hastily assigned last month for Pearl Harbor, Hickam and other military installations as part of a $1B solar contract to install photovoltaic systems on military facilities nationwide.Read on at:
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