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Aerospace and IT company Wyle is working with the U.S. Navy on an environmentally-friendly conservation project, which consists of testing and evaluating proof of concept using small wind turbine power as an alternative, renewable power source for use on military installations.
The Patuxent River in Maryland was chosen as the testing site because of its moderate wind speeds, active flight operations and associated electromagnetic environment.
Wyle took on this project in an effort to assist the government in reducing dependency on fossil fuels and help facilitate advancement towards renewable energy sources such as solar-thermal and photovoltaic, geothermal, wave/ocean energy, biofuel and wind technologies.
Wyle’s project manager Pam Barber-Mills said the company is focusing on small wind energy because it is one of the fastest-growing forms of electricity generation.
“It is a clean, sustainable and renewable energy resource with the potential to produce a large percentage of the nation“™s energy in the future,“ she added.
The conservation project is anticipated to take between one and two years.
