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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.
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WASHINGTON — Thirteen American Indian and Alaska Native communities across five states received a collective $12 million in federal funding to support energy projects aimed at reducing costs and improving energy security.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — Solar energy-focused nonprofit GRID Alternatives has opened applications for the second year of the Tribal Energy Innovators Fellowship Program.
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CLARK COUNTY, Nev. — A proposal to add two new facilities to the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians’ growing portfolio of solar energy projects has come one step closer to approval.
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MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — On the day after a state deadline for Enbridge to shut down its Line 5 pipeline in Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac, hundreds of tribal and environmental activists served an “eviction notice” to the Canadian energy company at its McGulpin Point pumping station.
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SOUTHERN UTE INDIAN RESERVATION, Colo. — A Colorado tribe and North Carolina-based investment fund have partnered to develop one of the world’s first zero-emission gas-fired power plant on tribal lands.