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Tag: AFCEC

A sign welcoming visitors to Clear Air Force Station stands next to a small road covered in snow.

Oct. 27, 2017

Overcoming Alaskan-sized challenges to provide energy assurance

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center website — Preparing for a major power outage or planning a backup generation exercise is complicated in the best conditions. Now, imagine doing it in temperatures as low as 50 degrees below zero at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska.

Illustration depicting microgrid with campus-configuration

Oct. 10, 2017

Microgrids: breaking down the buzzword

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force Civil Engineer Center website — This article, the first in a series on microgrids, will define them and their key components. Future articles will include information on the Air Force’s current microgrid projects, the Air Force’s direction for microgrids, and what they mean for installations in the future.

Air Force Civil Engineer Center's Soil Vapor Extraction unit, known as "Unit 59," cleaned this area once occupied by an airplane wash rack at Mather Air Base, California. This is one of several restoration systems at the former base that have removed 1 million pounds of volatile organic compounds and petroleum products from the ground and treated over 12 billion gallons of groundwater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alex Grotewohl)

July 19, 2017

Two Mather Soil Vapor Extraction units achieve cleanup goals

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center website — The Air Force’s remediation program at the former Mather Air Force Base took another major step forward this summer when two Soil Vapor Extraction units were found to have achieved their cleanup goals.