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Secretary of the Navy Sets Target for 50% of Total Energy Consumption from Alternative Sources by 2020; Role for Biofuels and EVs

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It will do that, Secretary Mabus said, by replacing the current fleet, as they go out of service, with a new composite fleet of flex fuel vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and neighborhood electric vehicles. The other three goals set out by Secretary Mabus are: The Navy and Marine Corps will change the way they award contracts.

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US Military going green

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The desert base acts as a house for the Army’s premier training centre for troops that will be deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. It has also become a testing ground for a number of green initiatives that could save the services millions - not to mention lives too, given the frequency with which fuel convoys are targeted.

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