WEBVTT 00:00.629 --> 00:02.796 The following is a message from Marine 00:02.796 --> 00:03.796 Corps Energy . 00:17.809 --> 00:20.170 In 2022 the Marine Corps logistics Base 00:20.180 --> 00:21.958 at Albany , Georgia declared an 00:21.958 --> 00:23.902 important victory in its effort to 00:23.902 --> 00:25.847 become electrically net zero . The 00:25.847 --> 00:28.069 announcement capped years of effort and 00:28.069 --> 00:30.124 cemented Albany's status as a leader 00:30.124 --> 00:32.291 for energy resilience within MC East . 00:34.229 --> 00:36.229 Hello , I'm Colonel Matt mckinney , 00:36.229 --> 00:38.173 Commanding Officer of Marine Corps 00:38.173 --> 00:40.340 Logistics Base , Albany , Georgia . In 00:40.340 --> 00:42.173 2009 , the Secretary of the Navy 00:42.173 --> 00:44.340 committed the Navy and Marine Corps to 00:44.340 --> 00:46.562 meeting five energy goals that provided 00:46.562 --> 00:48.785 direction for achieving energy security 00:48.785 --> 00:50.896 and independence . One of those goals 00:50.896 --> 00:52.785 was to ensure at least 50% of the 00:52.785 --> 00:54.896 Navy's total energy consumption comes 00:54.896 --> 00:57.118 from alternative sources . By 2020 more 00:57.118 --> 00:59.720 recently . In 2017 , the Department of 00:59.729 --> 01:01.840 the Navy published an energy security 01:01.840 --> 01:04.062 framework that emphasized objectives to 01:04.062 --> 01:05.951 enhance mission assurance through 01:05.951 --> 01:08.118 assured energy defining benchmarks for 01:08.118 --> 01:10.050 resiliency , sustainability and 01:10.059 --> 01:12.559 efficiency necessary for installations 01:12.569 --> 01:15.250 to enable their unique missions . After 01:15.260 --> 01:17.379 years of hard work and dedication by 01:17.389 --> 01:19.529 active duty , marines , sailors , 01:19.540 --> 01:21.484 government civilians and community 01:21.484 --> 01:23.707 partners such as Proctor and Gamble and 01:23.707 --> 01:25.762 Georgia Power Marine Corps Logistics 01:25.762 --> 01:27.984 Base . Albany established load shedding 01:27.984 --> 01:30.151 and peak shaving capabilities . Island 01:30.151 --> 01:32.207 mode operations and other innovative 01:32.207 --> 01:34.569 energy technologies including a biomass 01:34.580 --> 01:37.239 steam turbine landfill gas generators 01:37.250 --> 01:39.529 and advanced micro grid controls to 01:39.540 --> 01:41.440 produce as much electricity from 01:41.449 --> 01:44.160 renewable green energy sources as it 01:44.169 --> 01:46.330 consumes from its utility provider 01:46.339 --> 01:48.680 measured over one year . The 01:48.690 --> 01:50.912 construction of the Albany Green energy 01:50.912 --> 01:53.260 project 8.5 megawatt biomass steam 01:53.269 --> 01:55.599 turbine generator along with new led 01:55.610 --> 01:57.721 lighting at production plant , Albany 01:57.721 --> 01:59.589 and two landfill gas generators 01:59.669 --> 02:01.780 interconnected with the Georgia power 02:01.780 --> 02:04.569 grid allows MC LB . Albany to supply 02:04.580 --> 02:06.599 most of our energy needs as well as 02:06.610 --> 02:08.690 export energy to the Georgia power 02:08.699 --> 02:11.119 utility at times . These innovative 02:11.128 --> 02:13.199 actions simultaneously achieved the 02:13.208 --> 02:15.208 energy resilience goals that in May 02:15.208 --> 02:18.408 2022 allowed our installation to become 02:18.419 --> 02:20.598 the first net zero electric 02:20.608 --> 02:22.497 installation in the Department of 02:22.497 --> 02:23.497 Defense . 02:26.289 --> 02:28.400 If you've never heard of Marine Corps 02:28.400 --> 02:30.511 logistics Base , Albany , you'll find 02:30.511 --> 02:32.733 it in Doherty County , Georgia near the 02:32.733 --> 02:34.880 city of Albany . Though small and 02:34.889 --> 02:36.833 square miles . The base performs a 02:36.833 --> 02:39.000 critical function for the Marine Corps 02:39.000 --> 02:41.111 proudly serving as home to the Marine 02:41.111 --> 02:43.167 Corps Logistics Command , the Marine 02:43.167 --> 02:45.339 Depot maintenance command production 02:45.350 --> 02:47.440 plant , Albany , the Marine Force 02:47.449 --> 02:49.940 Storage Command and the second Marine 02:49.949 --> 02:53.729 Force Storage battalion . The 02:53.740 --> 02:55.629 installation's core mission is to 02:55.629 --> 02:57.851 provide quality cost effective facility 02:57.851 --> 03:00.018 support for its tenant commands who in 03:00.018 --> 03:02.073 turn provide support directly to the 03:02.073 --> 03:05.089 war fighter just as critically . MC lb . 03:05.100 --> 03:07.322 Albany serves as the safe haven for the 03:07.322 --> 03:09.830 Marine Corps recruit depot or MC RD at 03:09.839 --> 03:12.169 Paris Island as well as the Naval 03:12.179 --> 03:14.068 Education and Training command at 03:14.068 --> 03:15.068 Pensacola . 03:18.600 --> 03:20.656 There are several different types of 03:20.656 --> 03:22.489 net zero status including carbon 03:22.489 --> 03:25.059 emissions , natural gas and more . In 03:25.070 --> 03:27.250 the case of MC LB . Albany , the term 03:27.259 --> 03:29.789 refers to net zero electricity , which 03:29.800 --> 03:32.022 is defined by its public works division 03:32.022 --> 03:33.744 means that it produces as much 03:33.744 --> 03:35.856 electricity from renewable sources on 03:35.856 --> 03:37.911 or near the installation as consumed 03:37.911 --> 03:39.467 over the course of a year . 03:42.479 --> 03:44.646 Reaching this critical point has taken 03:44.646 --> 03:46.701 time and effort on the installations 03:46.701 --> 03:48.646 part and involved a combination of 03:48.646 --> 03:50.868 energy services , performance contracts 03:50.868 --> 03:52.800 or ESP CS and energy conservation 03:52.809 --> 03:55.320 investment programs or E SI S along the 03:55.330 --> 03:57.889 way , it all started when the base 03:57.899 --> 04:00.610 launched its first ES PC . One of the 04:00.619 --> 04:03.149 key energy conservation measures or EC 04:03.160 --> 04:05.380 MS called for the installation of new 04:05.389 --> 04:08.179 direct digital controls or DD CS , 04:08.380 --> 04:10.491 expanding the ability of the existing 04:10.491 --> 04:12.769 smart grid to manage buildings on base . 04:13.309 --> 04:15.809 A second ES PC led to the installation 04:15.820 --> 04:18.070 of the first landfill gas generator or 04:18.079 --> 04:20.779 LFG which serves the PP A production 04:20.790 --> 04:23.720 area of the base . A second LFG came 04:23.730 --> 04:26.399 later through an E SI the landfill gas 04:26.410 --> 04:28.577 required to power the generators comes 04:28.577 --> 04:30.577 from the Doherty County landfill as 04:30.577 --> 04:32.632 part of a 25 year purchase agreement 04:32.632 --> 04:34.743 providing an easement for three miles 04:34.743 --> 04:36.910 of connected pipeline . As part of the 04:36.910 --> 04:38.910 same E SIP the base implemented its 04:38.910 --> 04:41.239 first borehole thermal energy system or 04:41.250 --> 04:44.029 BT ES becoming the first dod 04:44.040 --> 04:46.262 installation to evaluate the technology 04:46.262 --> 04:48.079 for use . After seeing energy 04:48.089 --> 04:50.529 efficiency improve by as much as 50% . 04:50.709 --> 04:52.765 The base brought in three additional 04:52.765 --> 04:54.980 systems through another E SIP A third 04:54.989 --> 04:57.350 ES PC built on previous successes , 04:57.359 --> 04:59.581 particularly an ECM that called for the 04:59.581 --> 05:02.320 installation of an 8.5 megawatt biomass 05:02.329 --> 05:05.269 steam turbine generator or stig to be 05:05.279 --> 05:07.390 powered by wood waste from the nearby 05:07.390 --> 05:09.557 Proctor and Gamble paper manufacturing 05:09.557 --> 05:11.989 plant . The same ES PC also led to the 05:12.000 --> 05:14.000 installation of new and more energy 05:14.000 --> 05:16.278 efficient led lighting across the base . 05:22.160 --> 05:24.216 It may have been years in the making 05:24.216 --> 05:26.271 but the investment towards achieving 05:26.271 --> 05:28.493 net zero has already begun to pay off . 05:28.493 --> 05:30.820 In 2021 alone , Albany saw substantial 05:30.829 --> 05:32.885 savings in both dollars and kilowatt 05:32.885 --> 05:34.996 hours and for more months of the year 05:34.996 --> 05:37.051 than not , the installation actually 05:37.051 --> 05:38.496 saw an electrical surplus 05:42.649 --> 05:45.149 under normal operating conditions . MC 05:45.160 --> 05:47.160 LB . Albany doesn't draw any of its 05:47.160 --> 05:50.140 energy from the local utility . Instead , 05:50.149 --> 05:52.260 the entire installation is powered by 05:52.260 --> 05:54.260 the Stig and the LFG which helps 05:54.269 --> 05:56.158 mitigate the risk associated with 05:56.158 --> 05:58.436 getting power from a commercial source . 05:58.589 --> 06:00.730 Even during times of increased load , 06:00.739 --> 06:02.961 the LFG and the stig provide sufficient 06:02.961 --> 06:05.017 electricity to meet the needs of the 06:05.017 --> 06:07.017 installation . Even during times of 06:07.017 --> 06:09.017 peak demand , energy from the local 06:09.017 --> 06:12.519 utility remains unnecessary during 06:12.529 --> 06:14.880 utility outages , the stig and the LFG 06:14.929 --> 06:16.762 continue to supply power without 06:16.762 --> 06:18.985 interruption , supplemented by building 06:18.985 --> 06:20.651 level generators for critical 06:20.651 --> 06:23.019 facilities . Energy from the local 06:23.029 --> 06:24.807 utility may be necessary during 06:24.807 --> 06:26.862 maintenance work on MCL B . Albanese 06:26.862 --> 06:29.440 Energy Infrastructure energy from the 06:29.450 --> 06:31.506 local utility may still be necessary 06:31.506 --> 06:33.672 during maintenance work on the basis . 06:33.672 --> 06:35.617 Energy infrastructure or during an 06:35.617 --> 06:37.839 unplanned commercial outage , aside 06:37.850 --> 06:39.906 from that , the base can meet if not 06:39.906 --> 06:41.961 exceed its own energy needs . And in 06:41.970 --> 06:43.929 times of surplus sells the excess 06:43.940 --> 06:45.884 electricity to the local utility . 06:49.079 --> 06:51.079 Now , the official announcement was 06:51.079 --> 06:53.190 made in 2022 but the base had already 06:53.190 --> 06:55.412 been seeing energy saving since as much 06:55.412 --> 06:57.357 as a year prior . And there's more 06:57.357 --> 06:59.523 every day for questions or comments on 06:59.523 --> 07:01.523 the net zero effort at MC lb Albany 07:01.523 --> 07:01.459 contact the base's communication 07:01.470 --> 07:03.692 strategy and operations office . Thanks 07:03.692 --> 07:03.850 for watching .