Marine One hangar to get solar roof

Marine One

Marine One, White House

Charis Michelsen, writing in January at CleanTechnica, reported that the Quantico hangar where Marine One (the designation of the helicopter used to transport the President – the rotary-wing equivalent of  “Air Force One”) will be getting a 120-kilowatt array, estimated to produce 150,000 kWh/year:

The solar array will be installed by FLS Energy and the solar panels will be provided by Suniva, which was chosen by FLS Energy CEO Michael Shore specifically because of its panels’ high efficiency and because it builds American. (Suniva’s panels contain more than 80% U.S. content, according to Suniva.)

Solar Arrays for the Marine Corps & Obama’s Marine One Helicopter Hanger