> What do US military bases use? They would use electricity from the grid, why bother generating power specifically for the base? Outsource the capital and mai

> What do US military bases use? They would use electricity from the grid, why bother generating power specifically for the base? Outsource the capital and maintenance costs to a utility. Some land-grant universities generate their own power and some industrial sites have their own dedicated hydropower, but a military base would just use the grid. For critical/backup power needs at the base itself, a combination of UPSes and diesel generators, just like any other commercial or industrial facility. Diesel gensets are an extremely mature, well understood technology that are very reliable and cheap to maintain.