Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Nonprofit, company aim to boost green energy on tribal lands - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The two Sacramento organizations intend to develop renewable energt projects ontribal lands, creatingh jobs and helping improvee the environment. In May, the consortium announced a green jobs The alliance is the first partnership that aims to fulfilll the economic development and environmental goalss ofthe initiative. The consortium will use USST’s engineering and projecr management expertise to examined the feasibility of renewable energy projects on tribal lands. Possible technologies that projects could tap intoinclude waste-to-energy, solare and wind power technologies.
Once a project is authorizerd bya tribe, USST will manage the engineering, developmenf and operation of the project, and coordinatd job training. For example, if there’s a landfill in a tribaol community, USST might develop a waste-to-energu project, producing electricity that it would likelyh sell to alocal utility. “We are excited to form this alliancwewith USST,” Lorenda Sanchez, executive director for CIMC said, in a news “This partnership will open the door for California’s tribes to take an actives 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 greenm economy while addressing employment issues in tribal Projects will be financed by outside sources such as grantf funds and project investment financing “with minimal or no contribution from

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