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Title: Tribal Wind Assessment by the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River Reservation

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/963304· OSTI ID:963304

The Tribes, through its consultant and advisor, Distributed Generation Systems (Disgen) -Native American Program and Resources Division, of Lakewood CO, assessed and qualified, from a resource and economic perspective, a wind energy generation facility on tribal lands. The goal of this feasibility project is to provide wind monitoring and to engage in preproject planning activities designed to provide a preliminary evaluation of the technical, economic, social and environmental feasibility of developing a sustainable, integrated wind energy plan for the Eastern Shoshone and the Northern Arapahoe Tribes, who resides on the Wind River Indian Reservation. The specific deliverables of the feasibility study are: 1) Assessments of the wind resources on the Wind River Indian Reservation 2) Assessments of the potential environmental impacts of renewable development 3) Assessments of the transmission capacity and capability of a renewable energy project 4) Established an economic models for tribal considerations 5) Define economic, cultural and societal impacts on the Tribe

Research Organization:
Eastern Shoshone Tribe of Wind River
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Wind and Hydropower Technology Program (EE-2B)
DOE Contract Number:
FG36-06GO16026
OSTI ID:
963304
Report Number(s):
GO16026; TRN: US201002%%986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English