ENERGY SECURITY: Navy Demonstration of Alternative Fuels
August 23, 2012 at 12:09 am 1 comment
Blue Green Hawaii
The guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (right) pulls along side the military sealift command oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (left) to refuel at sea with biofuel during The Great Green Fleet Demonstration as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew M. Jandik)
For years, the U.S. Navy has been studying alternatives to the increasingly expensive fossil fuels that power its ships, boats and planes and last month (July) the service got to test its research and theories on a grand scale.
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), heading a strike force of four other ships as well as a jet fighter wing, helicopters and other aircraft, demonstrated the viability of alternative fuels in the waters off Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific 2012 (RIMPAC), the world’s largest annual international maritime exercise.
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Entry filed under: Asia-Pacific, National Security and Defense, Naval Warfare, Technology, Weaponry and Equipment. Tags: alternative fuels, biofuels, Defense, energy security, Great Green Fleet, Marine Corps, military aviation, Navy, RIMPAC 2012.
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