Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Nonprofit, company aim to boost green energy on tribal lands - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The two Sacramento organizations intend to develop renewablee energy projects ontribalk lands, creating jobs and helpinf improve the environment. In May, the consortium announced a green jobs The alliance is the first partnership that aims to fulfill the economic development and environmental goals ofthe initiative. The consortiumj will use USST’s engineering and project managemen expertise to examine the feasibility of renewabler energy projects ontribal lands.
Possibl technologies that projects could tap intoincludw waste-to-energy, solar and wind power Once a project is authorized by a USST will manage the engineering, development and operatio of the project, and coordinate job training. For example, if there’ss a landfill in a tribal USST might developa waste-to-energy producing electricity that it wouldx likely sell to a local utility. “Wew are excited to form this alliancswith USST,” Lorenda Sanchez, executive director for CIMC said, in a news “This partnership will open the door for California’ tribes to take an activs role in protecting their native lands and the At the same time, Native Americans will now have opportunities to lead the way in the new greebn economy while addressing employment issues in tribal Projects will be financed by outside sources such as grant fundas and project investment financing “with minimal or no contributioh from CIMC.

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