Pentagon Kicks Off Bid for Round-the-Clock Renewable Energy (2)

The Pentagon is asking the renewable power sector for information that could help power the military with 24/7 clean energy.

The move, announced Thursday, sends a clear market signal to the rapidly growing clean energy industry, as the Defense Department is the federal government’s biggest energy consumer and one of the biggest in the world.

The request for information only addresses electricity for military installations, not renewable fuels for fighter jets or other tactical vehicles, according to Joe Bryan, the Defense Department’s senior adviser for climate and its chief sustainability officer.

“We need to learn a little bit before we ...