• Inability to access Production Tax Credit (PTC)

• Higher development costs (NEPA)

• Local utility resistance

• Lack of knowledge about wind development process

• Tribal policies / Native American law

Challenges Challenges Opportunities Opportunities

• Wind resource

• Transmission access

• Wind-hydro 

• Federal green energy initiatives

• Renewable energy and climate change concerns

• Environmental justice

• Tax advantages/preferences

• Federal outreach programs

Tribal Energy Program Tribal Energy Program Wind Powering America Wind Powering America

Funding for:

• Strategic planning

• Resource assessment

• Project feasibility studies

• Project development

• Anemometer Loan Program

• Wind Energy Applications and Training Symposium (WEATS)

• Native American Wind Interest Group (NAWIG)

• Wind Powering Native America video

• Presence at workshops and conferences

• Technical assistance

Wind Power on Native American Lands: 

Process and Progress

Wind Power on Native American Lands: 

Process and Progress

A. Jimenez - NREL R. Gough - ICOUP

L. Flowers - NREL R. Taylor - NREL

A. Jimenez - NREL R. Gough - ICOUP

L. Flowers - NREL R. Taylor - NREL

Existing and Pending Native American Wind Projects

(April 30, 2005)

Existing and Pending Native American Wind Projects

(April 30, 2005) In-Place Projects

• Spirit Lake Sioux (Fort Totten, ND)

• 1x 100-kW turbine

• Meets part of casino load

• Installed 1996

• Financing: TEP grant

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (Belcourt, ND)

• 1x 100-kW wind turbine

• Meets part of wastewater treatment plant load

• Installed 1996

• Financing: TEP grant

Rosebud Sioux (Rosebud Reservation, SD)

• 1x 750-kW wind turbine

• Energy sold to Basin Electric and Ellsworth AFB

• Green tags sold to Ellsworth AFB and Native Energy

• Installed: 2003

• Financing: TEP grant, RUS loan 

Blackfeet (Browning, MT)

• 1x 100-kW turbine

• Energy sold to local utility

• Installed 1996

• Development supported by TEP

• Financing: TEP grant

Blackfeet (Browning, MT)

• 4x 10-kW turbine

• Meets part of wastewater treatment plant load

• Installed 1999

• Financing: Field Verification Program

Kotzebue Electric Association (KEA) (Kotzebue, AK)

• 10 x 66-kW turbines

• 1x 100-kW turbine

• Initial installation: 1997, subsequently expanded

• Low-penetration wind-diesel system

TDX Power, Inc. (St. Paul Island, AK)

• 1x 225-kW turbine

• High-penetration wind-diesel system for TDX industrial area

• Installed 1999

• Financing: Totally commercial financing

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) (Wales, AK)

• 2x 66-kW turbines

• High-penetration wind-diesel system

• Installed 2000

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) (Selawik, AK)

• 2x 66-kW turbines

• High-penetration wind-diesel system

• Installed 2000

Near-Term Projects

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes (Fort Peck, MT)

• 1x 660 kW wind turbine

• Energy will be used within the reservation

Northern Cheyenne (Lame Deer, MT)

• 30 MW

• Installation expected in 2006

• Development (pre-construction) work financed with TEP grant

• Tribe will retain an equity interest

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) (Kasigluk, AK)

• 3x 66 kW wind turbines

• High penetration wind-diesel system

• Under development: Installation expected in 2005

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) (Toksook Bay, AK)

• 4x 66 kW wind turbines

• High penetration wind-diesel system

• Under development: Installation expected in 2005

Hopi

• 15 MW

• Installation expected in 2005

• Privately owned project: leasing land from the Tribe

• Hopi planning to follow up with a wind project in which the tribe will retain an equity interest

Kumeyaay

• 50 MW

• Installation expected in 2005

• Privately owned project: leasing land from the Tribe

Rosebud Sioux (St. Francis, SD)

• 30 MW

• Installation expected in 2006

• Development (pre-construction) work financed with TEP grant

• Tribe will retain an equity interest

Three Affiliated Tribes (Fort Berthold, ND)

• 1x 66 kW

• Will sell energy to local utility

• Installation scheduled for 2005 

• Financing: TEP grant

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The information contained in this poster is subject to a government license.

Prepared for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) WindPower 2005 Conference, 15-18 May 2005, Denver, Colorado

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