Impact of Office of Indian Energy Investments in Tribal Energy Projects Since 2010
- More than 250 Tribal energy projects funded
- Added 63 megawatts of power generation to Tribal lands
- Initiated saving $535 million over the life of the projects
- Nearly 11,000 Tribal buildings affected
- $3.38 saved for every DOE dollar invested.
When completed this summer, the Initiative will add 650 kilowatts of solar capacity to tribal buildings and save about $2.8 million over 30 years.
The Native Village of Hughes just installed the bones of a 120-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system that will cut diesel use and costs.
The Tribe turned a strip of its land in Oregon into nearly $12,000 in annual energy cost savings.
The Tribe has turned to renewable energy as a means of lowering energy costs and gaining independence from the grid.
A DOE co-funded 1-megawatt community solar array will offset the cost of the entire energy load of Picuris Pueblo.
On July 24, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe held a dedication ceremony in honor of its newly commissioned and fully operational Oxford Solar Project.
Residential solar installations co-funded by two DOE Office of Indian Energy grants bring electricity cost savings and job skills for tribal members.
On April 7, the Seneca Nation of Indians commissioned a 1.7-megawatt (MW) wind turbine on Seneca Nation Reservation land in western New York.
On Feb. 28, 2017, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the successful retrofit of its Benewah Market in Plummer, Idaho.
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (the Band) held a ceremony celebrating the completion of a 1-megawatt (MW) solar project on the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation in Cloquet, Minnesota, on Aug. 23, 2016.