The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Trap the Sun to Offset Energy Costs

Submitted by hcasesc2 on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 10:55
Type: 
Literature
Publication: 
“The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Trap the Sun to Offset Energy Costs.” Department of Energy, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, 27 Aug. 2018, www.energy.gov/indianenergy/articles/confederated-tribes-umatilla-indian-reservation-trap-sun-offset-energy-costs.
Year Published: 
2018
Organization: 
Office of Indian Energy
Description: 

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), a union of three tribes: Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla, turned a strip of its land near the Blue Mountains in Oregon into nearly $12,000 in annual energy cost savings and an almost 23-ton reduction in carbon dioxide emissions each year with its newly installed solar photovoltaic (PV) array and light-emitting diode (LED) retrofit—thanks in part to funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy.

Category: 
energy, Office of Indian Energy, Co2 emissions, solar power

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Website: 
https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/articles/confederated-tribes-umatilla-indian…