Addressing Regulatory Challenges to Tribal Solar Deployment: Key Findings

Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1970733· OSTI ID:1970733

Beshilas, Laura ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Tribal land in the United States represents approximately 2% of the country's total landmass and holds more than 5% of solar photovoltaic potential (Doris, Lopez, and Beckley 2013). This resource is largely untapped. Many Tribes note that regulatory challenges often are roadblocks to taking advantage of solar potential. This report serves as a summary of a larger project, Addressing Regulatory Challenges to Tribal Solar Deployment. The project seeks to unlock some of this potential by bringing Tribal, regulatory, utility, and other stakeholders together to articulate key barriers to Tribal solar adoption and develop replicable solutions. By increasing institutional capacity and developing frameworks, trainings, and a technical document repository for regulatory bodies, utilities, and Tribes, this project can help expand an emerging market.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1970733
• Report Number(s): NREL/OT--7A40-85723; MainId:86496; UUID:065df312-2d40-412c-bad7-7dbd33354f9a; MainAdminID:69334
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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