Missoula Current | November 11, 2023 | Shondiin Silversmith In an effort to address the ongoing drought affecting the Southwest, the Gila River Indian Community is taking an innovative step forward by launching its Solar Canal Project to construct the country’s first...
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Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs get $450M to improve electric grid
Oregon Captial Chronicle | October 20, 2023 | Alex Baumhardt Two Oregon utilities and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will receive nearly $450 million from the federal government to modernize the region’s power grid and incorporate a growing amount of...
Picuris moves toward solar independence
Taos News | October 25, 2023 | Staff Reporter Picuris Pueblo held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday (Oct. 23) for a new 3-quarter megawatt solar array that will directly and exclusively serve tribal consumers. Les Rubin, finance director for Picuris, said the new...
Pine Ridge Reservation solar energy project receives $500K
Dakota News Now | October 25, 2023 | by Dakota News Staff The American Solar Energy Society has been granted $500,000 for a solar energy project on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The funds are part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The solar energy...
Moloka’i’s Community-led renewable energy roadmap serves as an example of other islands
Hawai'i Public Radio | Published October 25, 2023 | by Catherine Cluette Pactol The Molokaʻi community has turned energy planning upside down with a bottom-up planning process that's working and empowering the island to chart its own renewable energy future. For...
Sovereign Energy Hosts Tribal Solar Economic Forum
Sovereign Energy (SE) is proud to host the New Mexico Tribal Solar Economic Forum (October 14 – 15, 2021) which will highlight the current opportunity for Tribal-led projects following the passage of the Community Solar Act. SE along with the Native American Voter's...