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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

A Look at the DOD’s Energy Usage in 2010

A Look at the DOD’s Energy Usage in 2010

The DoD spent $15.2 billion on energy in (Fiscal Year) 2010. Seventy four percent of this (or $11.2 billion) can be attributed to operations while the remaining 24% (or $3.7 billion) to the Department’s permanent installations and 2% (or $0.3 billion) to non-tactical vehicles.
US Military Energy Costs
When we look at the total energy consumption we have a similar picture. In 2010, DoD consumed 872 trillion Btu of site delivered, purchased energy. Seventy three percent of this was operational energy and the rest was facilities energy.
Note that 872 trillion Btu corresponds
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