As of November 14, 2024, NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, was awarded a competitive US Department of Energy grant to transform its main administration building into a facility that produces as much renewable energy as it uses. [1] NASA Stennis will receive $1.95 million through the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) Program, which will fund installation of a four-acre solar panel array onsite that can generate up to 1 megawatt of electricity. The AFFECT Program awards grants to enable the federal government to achieve its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions of all federal buildings by 2045. Over $1 billion in funding proposals was requested by federal agencies for the second and final phase of the initiative. Subsequently, a total of $149.87 million was awarded for 67 conservation and clean energy projects at federal facilities across 28 states and territories, and 6 international locations.

[1] https://nasa.gov/news-release/stennis-secures-grant-for-clean-energy-project/