Friday, April 13, 2012

Nonprofit, company aim to boost green energy on tribal lands - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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The two Sacramento organizations intenrd to develop renewable energy projects ontribal lands, creating jobs and helping improve the In May, the consortium announced a green jobs The alliance is the firsg partnership that aims to fulfill the economic developmenty and environmental goals of the The consortium will use USST’s engineering and projectf management expertise to examine the feasibility of renewable energy projectas on tribal lands. Possible technologies that projectse could tap intoinclude waste-to-energy, solar and wind powedr technologies.
Once a project is authorized by a USST will managethe engineering, developmengt and operation of the project, and coordinate job training. For if there’s a landfill in a tribal community, USST mighyt develop a waste-to-energy project, producing electricityt that it would likely sell to alocal utility. “We are excited to form this alliancewith USST,” Lorenda Sanchez, executive director for CIMC said, in a news “This partnership will open the door for California’ tribes to take an active role in protectinv their native lands and the At the same Native Americans will now have opportunitiesz to lead the way in the new green economh while addressing employment issues in tribal Projects will be financed by outside sources such as grant funds and project investment financing “withu minimal or no contribution from CIMC.

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