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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Solar entrepreneur Robert Blake believes renewable energy represents a natural expansion for tribes, both economically and culturally.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — A Native-focused solar energy nonprofit will open requests for proposals totaling $1.7 million in funding over three grant programs this summer.
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Based on feedback from tribes, the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office has made several key changes to a debt capital program intended to help spur energy development projects in Indian Country.
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LAME DEER, Mont. — The Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana has partnered with solar nonprofit Indigenized Energy Initiative to develop the $4 million, 1.25-megawatt White River Community Solar Project on the tribe’s reservation.
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Tribes across Indian Country will be launching a slew of renewable energy projects this year with help from the U.S. Department of Energy. For one tribe, it’s more about caring for Mother Earth than balancing the checkbook.
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Thanks to a new infusion of capital, the Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund is itself poised for acceleration.
The solar project development organization under the umbrella of Oakland, Calif.-based GRID Alternatives received $12 million in funding from Bezos Earth Fund, a philanthropic venture led by Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos that invested $38 million in five Native nonprofits.
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A tribal clean energy developer hopes an electric vehicle infrastructure grant can help two Upper Midwest reservations move forward after recent pipeline battles.
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Berkeley, Calif.-based renewable energy nonprofit Covenant Solar Energy wanted to step away from its association with faith-based organizations and into something more obviously Native.
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Utility regulators in Arizona are considering a proposal to distribute $144.5 million to predominantly Native American communities affected by the closure of coal-fired power plants in a case that could have national implications for fossil fuel-dependent regions.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan is taking energy sovereignty to new levels after establishing its own utility to purchase power at wholesale prices to attract commercial and industrial developments onto tribally owned land.