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Eco Factor: Largest defense solar facility aims to double its output. Initially planned as a 500MW solar thermal plant, the U.S. Army’s Fort Irwin power plant might end up double that size, generating an output of about 1GW. The plant is being...

Eco Factor: Anaerobic incineration of waste to generate electricity for US Army. Defense company QinetiQ has been awarded a contract by the US Army according to which the company will supply a system that will help the armed forces generate...

Eco Factor: Spy ship powered by electric thrusters. US Army’s Space & Missile Defense Command is planning to deploy a hybrid unmanned spy ship over Afghanistan by 2011. The autonomous spy ship, which is based on a model created by Lockheed...

Eco Factor: Bridge for US Army made from recycled plastic bottles. After changing the lifestyle and the power sources soldiers depend on, the US Army is looking to brighten its green image, by announcing the world’s first bridge made from...

Eco Factor: Solar and thermoelectric energy generators to be coated in battle dress for on-demand power. At present, soldiers carry up to 70kg of equipment, out of which about 10% is the weight of the batteries that are required to charge their...

Eco Factor: Photovoltaic and solar thermal plants to be set up in Fort Irwin by US Army. US Army’s solar plans trace back to October last year, when they announced the development of a solar plant capable of generating 500MWs of solar...

Eco Factor: Solar-powered aerial combat vehicles that effectively and accurately destroy enemy target. While this may not sound very eco-friendly, there is very little in the US army that is green apart from their uniform. The armed forces are...

This is truly a technological splendor as it not only performs at a scale that has been long considered almost impossible but it does so in the cleanest possible fashion. The new aeronautical dream machine is something that stays in flight in the upper.

Going green, spreading awareness and emphasizing importance to conserve the environment in its native condition has certainly had quite an effect on almost ever sector of the population, not even leaving military and arm forces. Quantum Fuel...