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