This Jemez Pueblo solar energy plant seems to be very similar to how the Navajo tribe is using its lands for a wind farm. Disgraced green czar Van Jones predicted that the Native American tribes would be at the forefront of the alternative energy movements, because their lands are in areas with substantial wind and sunlight. I applaud these tribes and hopefully they are able to generate incomes for their peoples by generating productive energy!
The 3,000 members of the Jemez Pueblo are on the verge of building the nation's first utility-scale solar plant on tribal land, a project that could bring in millions of dollars.Source: Denver Post
Experts say tapping into the sun, wind and geothermal energy on Indian land could generate the kind of wealth many tribes have seen from slot machines and blackjack tables...
The 30-acre site where 14,850 solar panels will be set up has been selected, and after four years of arduous planning and negotiations, a contract to sell outsiders the electricity produced by the four-megawatt operation is at hand. The plant would be capable of cranking out enough electricity to power about 600 homes.
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