Interior Department Awards $3 Million for Tribal Energy Plans

Category: Energy
Type: News
Source: US Department of Energy (Biomass)
Date: Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) on March 14 announced that $3.2 million has been awarded to 21 tribal plans to assist in developing clean energy and various mineral resources. The assistance for 13 renewable energy plans includes a $655,000 award to the Crow Nation to advance an eight to twelve megawatt hydroelectric plan in Montana that will provide low-cost clean power to tribal members and encourage further economic development on Crow lands.

The renewable energy plans include biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal, solar, waste-to-energy, and wind energy. Tribes in California, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wisconsin received support for renewable energy. See the DOI news release.

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