The Pentagon, Georgia naval bases will install energy upgrades as Biden pushes clean energy

A scientist works at Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory at 3396 meters (11,141 feet), March 19,2004. Solar panels will be installed on the Mauna Loa Observatory as part of a Biden administration plan to promote energy conservation and clean energy. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, file)

The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Biden administration’s plan to promote clean energy and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.”

The Pentagon is one of 31 government sites that are receiving $104 million in Energy Department grants that are expected to double the amount of carbon-free electricity at federal facilities and create 27 megawatts of clean-energy capacity while leveraging more than $361 million in private investment, the Energy Department said.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Brenda Mallory, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, announced the projects Wednesday at the Pentagon.