"Navy To Deploy Great Green Fleet In San Diego This Week"

"On Jan. 20, the U.S. Department of the Navy will host a kickoff event, launching the first vessels of its Great Green Fleet at the San Diego Naval Air Station North Island, Carrier Pier. The GGF centerpiece is a carrier strike group—including an aircraft carrier and Arleigh Burke-class destroyer—deploying using energy conservation technologies, operating procedures and alternative energy in the course of its regular scheduled deployment in 2016. During the event, Navy and Marine Corps energy displays will also be presented on the pier.

“On the shore, the displays will showcase some of our energy technologies,” said Lt. Chika Onyekanne, spokesperson with the Navy Office of Information. “It gives the opportunity for those present to see some of those things, talk to subject matter experts about energy and what it means for us.”

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus will be joined by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to speak at the event and answer questions."

Katie Fletcher reports for Biomass Magazine January 18, 2016.

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