Army Goes Solar

The Army has hatched a new plan to make its bases energy independent. It wants to use millions of vacant acres to install wind farms and solar panels. But it doesn't have the money to build them. So the Army's new task force on energy and acquisition hopes to persuade private companies to invest in energy production on Army property. Repayment would take two forms. The Army would become a guaranteed customer for the resulting power. Or it would simply trade the land for the electricity.