Tuesday, February 9, 2021

AFWERX Reimagining Energy for the DoD Showcase (Replay)

The Department of Defense (DoD) consumes enormous operational and facility energy to provide a combat-credible force. The AFWERX team presented AFWERX Reimagining Energy for the DoD Showcase with panels and presentations to discuss their most recent challenge. AFWERX is the Air Force's team of innovators who encourage and facilitate connections across industry, academia, and military to create transformative opportunities and foster a culture of innovation.
Raleigh
Feb 9, 2021

 

DoD Communities of Interest

Energy and Power Technologies

Subject

AFWERX Reimagining Energy for the DoD Showcase (Replay)

Due Date

No due date

Government Organization

AFWERX

Description
Reimagining Energy Showcase
https://reimaginingenergy.afwerx.com/

Background:
The Department of Defense (DoD) consumes enormous operational and facility energy to provide a combat-credible force. In fact, the DoD is one of the largest single consumers of energy globally, and the Air Force is the largest user of fuel energy in the US Government. The way the DoD generates, transmits, stores, and uses this enormous amount of energy today is both a paramount mission enabler and a potentially crippling vulnerability.

In the future, fossil fuels, the world's primary energy source, will become scarcer while our energy needs grow. Our continued reliance on fossil fuels will lead to physical and geopolitical challenges in the security landscape, while alternative sources pose other risks of their own. As the Department continues to reorient itself for great-power competition, the need to build more resilient infrastructure and supply chains has become more urgent. The time has come to reimagine our usage, generation, transportation, and storage of energy.

Reimagining Energy Showcase
•Streamed live 9 February 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNpP_zRxFu8&feature=emb_logo

AFWERX
AFWERX is the Air Force's team of innovators who encourage and facilitate connections across industry, academia, and military to create transformative opportunities and foster a culture of innovation. Our mission is to solve problems and enhance the service's effectiveness by enabling thoughtful, deliberate, ground-up innovation. We do this with an approach that combines startup urgency with the largest pool of motivated talent in the world to uncover opportunities to improve Air Force capabilities, connect and engage the right stakeholders, and facilitate outcomes.
Get involved: Website ➤➤ https://www.afwerx.af.mil/
Attend an Event ➤➤ https://www.afwerx.af.mil/events.html

Website

https://reimaginingenergy.afwerx.com/