Fort Hood goes green with renewable energy project

FORT HOOD, Texas (KXAN) — Fort Hood in Killeen will soon be home to the Army’s first hybrid renewable energy project, which includes on-site solar panels and off-site wind turbines. This is also the Army’s largest renewable energy project so far.The solar panels will provide 15 megawatts of energy, and the wind farm will supply 50 more megawatts. On-site, the project will consist of 63,000 solar panels over 132 acres of land. The wind farm will have 20 turbines and wi