Energy Sovereignty Institute
| TOP NEWS — In the Media Science magazine feature on Opportunities to grow tribal clean energy in the US: “As governments plan their transitions to renewable energy, Indigenous peoples must be deeply involved. In the United States, tribes, who like many marginalized communities often bear disproportionate public health and socioeconomic burdens from climate change and legacy pollution, now have the opportunity to redress historical injustices while helping meet national sustainable energy needs.” And ICYMI, excellent coverage of our recent Energy Sovereignty Research Workshop appears in Native Science Report, and in Tribal College, Journal of American Indian Higher Education |
Welcome!
Welcome to the Energy Sovereignty Institute’s online information clearinghouse, and resource-base and portal. Our goal is to assist Native American communities (beginning with New Mexico) in energy planning and deployments, and their pursuit of energy sovereignty, independence, and economic development.
Native communities can play a critical leadership role in the nation’s transition to a sustainable, resilient, and equitable energy system. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that while American Indian land comprises about two percent of all U.S. land, Indian lands contain five percent of total U.S. renewable energy resource potential, including high generation potential for solar, wind and hydropower among other renewable resources.
Watch our video below on Tribal Energy Sovereignty, featuring four experts on its aspects and importance:
We hope you find this resource website useful in pursuing your goals, and we value your feedback and suggestions; please contact us via the Contact Form. This clearinghouse is a living repository, with new information and news updates to be added over time; so please come back and visit often, and sign up for our newsletter.
“My biggest dream is for First Nation Communities to become energy independent before mainstream America.”
Henry Red Cloud, Lakota Solar Enterprises Energy Sovereignty Initiative
We welcome tax-deductible donations and sponsors to help support this resource-base and ESI. Click here to donate through our fiscal sponsor (Microgrid Systems Laboratory), and contact us to discuss sponsorships.
