Portsmouth Naval Shipyard announced it will award funding to Ameresco, Inc., an energy efficiency and renewable energy company, Seacoastonline.com reported.

The primary purpose of the award is to create on-site energy generation, as well as installing battery storage and microgrid controls.

“By extending our partnership with PNSY to increase on-site generation, deploy energy storage, and integrate a broad range of generation assets into a fully independent microgrid, we will ensure that the shipyard is able to continue providing high-quality service to Navy’s fleet,” said Nicole Bulgarino, executive vice president and general manager of Federal Solutions at Ameresco.

Construction is expected to be completed in 2022. The project is estimated to generate $175 million in cost-savings over a 22-year period.
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