Editing Marine Corps Base Hawaii (section)

==Renewable energy and "green" initiatives==
Since 2004, MCBH has partnered with [[Ocean Power Technologies]] to test the [[wave power|generation of electric power from ocean waves]] using a "[[PowerBuoy]]" wave energy converter, one of the first wave power projects in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.oceanpowertechnologies.com/projects.htm Ocean Power Technologies projects: Oahu]</ref>

The [[Azura wave power device]] is currently being tested in a 30-meter site at the base.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://azurawave.com/projects/hawaii/|title = Hawaii Demonstration Project &#124; Azura Wave}}</ref>

Marine Corps Base Hawaii, under commanding officer Col. Robert Rice, installed solar water heaters on all base housing units, and on 8 December 2010, was scheduled to debut a "Net Zero" sustainable energy home, which uses solar power. The base fleet of government vehicles is also being changed over to hybrid and electric vehicles and most other "FlexFuel" vehicles now operate on E85 ethanol-based fuel. MCB Hawaii installed the first E85 pump in the state of Hawaii in November 2010, the first U.S. military installation in the world to do so.{{citation needed paragraph|date=June 2022}}