US DOE launches initiative to back tribal clean energy projects

Dec 5, 2011 - The US Department of Energy (DOE) last week introduced an initiative to speed up the deployment of tribal clean energy projects through the provision of technical assistance to Native American and Alaska Native community projects.

Under the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) initiative, experts from the DOE and its National Laboratory will collaborate with community-based project teams to evaluate the financial and technical feasibility and provide early development technical assistance to their projects.

Concept applications by Native American and Alaska Native governments will be accepted by January 15, 2012.

The assistance programmes will help the native communities boost their energy production capacity, energy efficiency and conservation measures and create new jobs in the clean energy industry. START is in line with DOE's commitment to provide tribes with the tools and resources needed for energy self-sufficiency and sustainability.

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