Friday, April 27, 2012

Navajo community banks on proposed solar array

This March 13, 2012 photo shows the border of the Navajo community of To'Hajiilee, N.M. The community has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Tribal Energy Program for a planned 30-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant. Once constructed, the plant stands to be the largest photovoltaic array on tribal land in the U.S. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)This flat, dusty stretch of prairie in central New Mexico is where the leaders of a remote, sparsely populated American Indian community envision a sea of solar panels capable of producing enough electricity for more than 10,000 homes miles away from the reservation.


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