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A starry night sky and an atmospheric glow blanket Earth's horizon in this photograph from the International Space Station orbiting 257 miles above Southeast Asia at 12:42 a.m. local time. Extending from bottom left, the brightest city lights are Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on the Malay Peninsula. At center, fishing boats and their lights dot the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea. At far right, is Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Other major urban areas captured in this photograph include Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Bangkok, Thailand.

Federal Requirements

EMD is responsible for the following NASA Procedural Directives (NPDs) and NASA Procedural Requirements (NPRs) for energy and water management:

NASA complies with Federal requirements regulating energy and water management, including

  • Energy Act of 2020
  • Energy Independence & Security Act (EISA 2007)
  • Energy Policy Act of 2005
  • National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA)

NASA also implements the requirements of all applicable Executive Orders.

Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) new Discovery Solar Energy Center is a 74.5 megawatt solar site, spanning 491 acres at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The site contains about 250,000 solar panels, and once it’s operational, will produce enough energy to power approximately 15,000 homes. Construction began in spring 2020, and teams expect to have the solar site finished by May 2021. Harnessing energy from the Sun, the panels will not directly power anything at Kennedy, but rather, will send energy directly to FPL’s electricity grid for distribution to existing customers.

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