There are now 79 prequalified companies:USACE previously awarded 58 contracts: solar 22, wind 17, biomass 13, andgeothermal six.

USACE spokeswoman Debra Valine tellsRecharge that tenders for initial projects will be called in the next severalmonths.

USACE’s Engineering and Support Centerin Huntsville, Alabama, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force(EITF), did the prequalification selection as part of the service’s $7bn MultipleAward Task order Contract (MATOC) programme.

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