Impact of Office of Indian Energy Investments in Tribal Energy Projects, 2010–2024
- More than 240 funded Tribal energy projects
- Over $190 million in DOE investments
- Over $300 million in total project value
- Over 63 megawatts of new generation installed on Tribal lands
- Collectively nearly $530 million saved in communities over the life of the systems
- Nearly 11,000 Tribal buildings affected
- $3.29 saved for every DOE dollar invested.
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.
On July 25, the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians (Tribe) celebrated the installation of a 1-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system on its approximately 7,000-acre Reservation in the foothills of the San Jacinto Valley in Southern California.