Greenfleet Website Features Navy’s Biofuels Efforts

John Davis

A new website from the U.S. Navy features the service’s efforts to use biofuels, as well as environmental and climate change issues.

Greenfleet.dodlive.mil is the latest place to point your browser toward to see how the programs actually help the Navy increase combat capability and ensure mission readiness:

Energy Security
The Navy’s energy programs focus on having an adequate, reliable, and sustainable energy supply sufficient to meet the demands of the Navy’s mission. As part of this effort, the Navy aims to reduce energy demand and increase alternative and renewable energy supply. The recent testing of the experimental RCB-X riverine command boat using a 50-50 blend of an algae-based biofuel and petroleum was a step toward accomplishing these goals.

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Biodiesel, Government