New Department Of Energy Loan Guarantee Program Provides $2 Billion For Projects On Tribal Lands

Clean Technica: One of the factors that separates the haves from the have nots is access to capital. For generations, native American tribes have found their access to capital markets severely limited, hampering their ability to participate in new technologies, including the renewable energy revolution. Tribal lands account for about 5.8% of the land area of the contiguous United States, but have about 6.5% of the total national renewable energy potential, according newly released National Renewable Energy Laboratory data in the Tribal Energy Atlas.

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