The Air Force has once again topped the list of the largest US “green” power purchasers, in the Environmental Protection Agency’s quarterly update of the top 25 “Green Power Partners.” The federal government is the largest consumer of “green” energy—generated by renewable sources such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric power, and the Air Force has been at the top of the list since September 2004. Each of the top 25 public and private companies use more than two million megawatt hours of green power annually.
Boeing received a $2.47 billion Air Force contract Nov. 25 for 15 more KC-46s, bringing to 183 the number of Pegasus tankers on contract to all customers, foreign and domestic. The new contract—for Lot 12 of the initially planned KC-46 buy—is to be completed by 2029.
