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

Technical Report · Fri Aug 28 04:00:00 EDT 2009

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

Pete, Belvin ^[1]; Perry, Jeremy W; Stump, Raphaella Q

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1. Eastern Shoshone Tribe

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
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CONSULTANTS
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EVALUATION
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