1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:02,362 recently , Air Force and solar industry 2 00:00:02,362 --> 00:00:04,584 officials gathered at Tyndall Air Force 3 00:00:04,584 --> 00:00:06,584 Base to tour the Air Force's newest 4 00:00:06,584 --> 00:00:08,807 energy resilience facility . Everything 5 00:00:08,807 --> 00:00:11,140 here is about redundancy and resiliency . 6 00:00:11,140 --> 00:00:13,140 The solar panels and this equipment 7 00:00:13,140 --> 00:00:15,140 here as well is designed to meet or 8 00:00:15,140 --> 00:00:17,251 exceed Tindall's newer Air Force wind 9 00:00:17,251 --> 00:00:19,584 loading ratings after Hurricane Michael , 10 00:00:20,710 --> 00:00:22,820 the Air Force took what the state's 11 00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:24,764 requirements were and took it even 12 00:00:24,764 --> 00:00:26,876 further . This is 165 mile per hour . 13 00:00:26,876 --> 00:00:28,987 Engineer design . Microgrids are self 14 00:00:28,987 --> 00:00:31,042 sufficient energy system that serves 15 00:00:31,042 --> 00:00:32,876 smaller areas such as a hospital 16 00:00:32,876 --> 00:00:34,487 complex , business center or 17 00:00:34,487 --> 00:00:36,264 neighborhood . A micro grid can 18 00:00:36,264 --> 00:00:38,320 disconnect from the central grid and 19 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,542 operate independently as backup power . 20 00:00:40,542 --> 00:00:42,542 Right ? This is 100 and 50 kilowatt 21 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:44,709 facility . Uh It's about 300 panels or 22 00:00:44,709 --> 00:00:46,820 so . We also have a battery system on 23 00:00:46,820 --> 00:00:48,931 here that's much larger than that and 24 00:00:48,931 --> 00:00:51,390 gives us about 3.5 hours of back up 25 00:00:51,390 --> 00:00:54,220 electricity and a micro grid Type of 26 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:56,276 scenario . But every single day when 27 00:00:56,276 --> 00:00:58,387 the sun is up , it's generating power 28 00:00:58,387 --> 00:01:00,609 and it's putting that power on the grid 29 00:01:00,609 --> 00:01:02,664 and it's powering the facilities all 30 00:01:02,664 --> 00:01:02,540 over the base , wherever the 31 00:01:02,540 --> 00:01:04,651 electricity is needed , Florida power 32 00:01:04,651 --> 00:01:07,090 and light owns and maintains the $2.5 33 00:01:07,090 --> 00:01:09,201 million dollars micro grid . The only 34 00:01:09,201 --> 00:01:11,201 cost to the Air Force is the actual 35 00:01:11,201 --> 00:01:13,423 electric power and we're really excited 36 00:01:13,423 --> 00:01:15,646 about the solar panels that we have out 37 00:01:15,646 --> 00:01:17,868 here . It's been a great public private 38 00:01:17,868 --> 00:01:19,923 partnership , what it does for us is 39 00:01:19,923 --> 00:01:19,880 the user here on base . It gives us 40 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,500 another power supply . So if a man made 41 00:01:22,500 --> 00:01:25,260 or natural uh disaster or incident 42 00:01:25,260 --> 00:01:27,260 occurred that interrupted the power 43 00:01:27,260 --> 00:01:29,371 here , it helps us in a contingency . 44 00:01:29,371 --> 00:01:31,593 We already have other ways to power the 45 00:01:31,593 --> 00:01:31,420 building , but it helps us in that 46 00:01:31,420 --> 00:01:33,420 contingency to ensure that we can 47 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:35,642 continue to operate and we can continue 48 00:01:35,642 --> 00:01:37,809 to do our mission tenders . Micro grid 49 00:01:37,809 --> 00:01:39,753 can provide power to the first Air 50 00:01:39,753 --> 00:01:41,753 Force's headquarters for up to four 51 00:01:41,753 --> 00:01:43,864 hours . I would just say we're really 52 00:01:43,864 --> 00:01:45,920 thankful for the partnership . We've 53 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:45,240 we've talked about it already , but 54 00:01:45,250 --> 00:01:47,670 this kind of great work doesn't happen 55 00:01:47,670 --> 00:01:51,350 without it . And we are proud and 56 00:01:51,350 --> 00:01:53,406 fortunate to have great partnerships 57 00:01:53,406 --> 00:01:55,406 all over our Air Force . But having 58 00:01:56,340 --> 00:01:58,451 been close to Tyndall for a number of 59 00:01:58,451 --> 00:02:00,507 years , I can tell you they're not . 60 00:02:00,507 --> 00:02:02,729 There are none that are any better than 61 00:02:02,729 --> 00:02:02,190 the partnership we have here , 62 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:04,802 officials say this is the first of many 63 00:02:04,802 --> 00:02:06,913 micro grids they hope to build across 64 00:02:06,913 --> 00:02:09,136 the Air Force , reporting for First Air 65 00:02:09,136 --> 00:02:11,191 Force . I'm Captain brian , loving , 66 00:02:11,191 --> 00:02:09,660 good