The Department of Defense is aggressively developing a more secure energy platform for the armed services. Proof of that came in the Navy’s recently released annual procurement report, which, for the first time, requests military-specification diesel fuel and jet fuel that are blended with biofuels.

According to the Energy Information Administration:

The U.S. Navy’s interest in biofuels is part of its goal to generate 50% of its energy from alternative sources by 2020: nuclear energy, electricity from renewable sources, and biofuels. The Navy currently sources about 17% of its energy supplies from renewable and nuclear sources of electricity. No biofuels are currently included in that percentage.

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